He is said to be behind the attack in northern Kosovo: Milan Radojcic. According to Serbian information, the businessman and politician has now been temporarily arrested. He publicly admitted to organizing the attack in late September.
The alleged initiator of the recent attack by Serbian paramilitaries on Kosovo police officers, Milan Radojcic, was provisionally detained for 48 hours, according to the Serbian Ministry of the Interior. The Kosovar-Serbian businessman and politician publicly admitted that he was the perpetrator of the acts of violence. Now, a court will decide whether Radojcic should remain in custody for 30 days.
The Public Prosecutor’s Office suspects Radojcic of criminal acts related to the illegal production of explosive substances and the possession, possession and sale of firearms. He was also accused of serious violations of general security, Serbian news agency Tanjug reported.
During interrogation, the suspect denied having committed these crimes, the Public Prosecutor’s Office reported. However, Radojcic had already publicly recognized himself as the leader of the operation in Banjska.
Four dead in Banjska
On September 24, a heavily armed 30-man Serbian combat squad attacked Kosovar police officers in the town of Banjska, near Mitrovica, in northern Kosovo. Three Serb attackers and a Kosovar police officer were killed. This increased tensions between Kosovo and Serbia.
Kosovo’s leadership accused Belgrade of being behind Radojcic’s actions. He claimed that he acted on his own initiative. The US strongly demanded that those responsible for the violence be held accountable.
Both Kosovo and the US have accused Serbia of increasing its military presence on the border with Kosovo. Belgrade denied this. On Monday, Kosovo Prime Minister Albin Kurti also said that Serbian paramilitaries had trained on Serbian territory before the attack in Banjska. He posted drone footage on the short messaging service Plataforma X, formerly Twitter, which was supposed to show these exercises.
The Serbian attackers produced the drone images themselves and the Kosovo police seized them – along with the weapons. The former Serbian province of Kosovo declared independence in 2008 after a bloody war. Serbia does not recognize this.