Lone wolf found responsible for crossbow attack on Israeli embassy in Serbia last month

BELGRADE, Serbia — An investigation showed that a crossbow attack at the Israeli embassy in the Serbian capital last month was the act of a lone extremist, a Serbian minister says.

On June 29, a member of a special police unit was shot in the neck with a crossbow outside the Israeli embassy in Belgrade, after which he opened fire and killed the attacker.

“No broader organization has been identified in the preparation of the terrorist act” and the attacker had no accomplices, Interior Minister Ivica Dacic tells reporters.

The attacker belongs to the Wahhabi movement — a purist form of Islam that dominates in Saudi Arabia — whose followers can be found in many countries, Dacic says.

Security services continue to monitor their activities in Serbia, the minister adds.