Attacker shot dead after knife assault on officer outside Israeli Embassy in Belgrade

A man was shot and killed after attacking a gendarmerie officer with two knives outside Israel's Embassy in Belgrade shortly after midnight, Serbian police reported. The attacker shouted "Allahu Akbar" during the assault. Serbia's Interior Minister said the suspect was known to security services as an ISIS supporter. Authorities are treating the incident as a terrorist attack and have elevated the national terror threat level to its highest.