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Two M93 grenade launchers, which were confiscated after the armed attack in Banjska in Zvečani, are part of the archive of the production of the Zastava arms factory in Kragujevac.
This is stated in the response sent to the Balkan Service of Radio Free Europe by this arms manufacturer in Serbia, after the request for access to information of public importance.
This is the first time that the largest Serbian weapons factory confirms the information published earlier by the authorities in Kosovo, that the group of armed persons who attacked the Kosovo Police had weapons manufactured in Serbia.
However, what remains unknown even after the response sent by Zastava, is when the two mentioned grenade launchers were produced, to whom they were sold and how they ended up in the hands of masked attackers who clashed with the Kosovo Police, where during the attack Sergeant Afrim Bunjaku was killed. During the exchange of fire, three Serbian attackers were also killed.
For this attack, separate investigations are underway in Kosovo and Serbia.
The responsibility for the attack was taken by Millan Radoicic, the former vice-president of Lista Serbe, the main party of Serbs in Kosovo, which enjoys the support of Belgrade.
In the days after the attack, the authorities in Kosovo displayed the confiscated weapons. According to the weapons that were exhibited, REL identified the serial numbers of the grenade launchers, and then on November 2, approached Zastava for additional information, namely whether these weapons were manufactured at this company's factory and, if so, to whom they were sold.
After the company did not respond to questions, REL on October 20 sent a request to Zastava for access to information of public importance, and Zastava responded two weeks later.
The Zastava Arms Factory, which produced the identified grenade launchers, declined to provide information on when and to whom the grenade launchers were delivered.
Zastava argued that it refuses to show more detailed data because "this would seriously endanger the defense of the state and national or public security".
He also said that this would endanger "international relations" and constitute "violation of the rules of international arbitration law".
But why there is such a risk, the Serbian arms factory does not explain.
According to the Law on the production and trade of weapons in Serbia, the manufacturer of weapons and military equipment is obliged to permanently keep records of the weapons it produces. This data includes data on type, quantity, serial number, customers and delivery dates.
After the confiscation of weapons in Banjska i Zveçan, the REL has also identified the Black Arrow M93 sniper by serial number.
In the request sent to the Zastava factory, there were also questions about this sniper, but Zastava said that it "does not exist in our archive".
Another weapon, the M69 mortar used in the attack, was said not to be part of the Zastava weapons factory's production program.
Following the September 24 attack, Kosovo Police displayed rocket launchers, grenade launchers, multiple automatic rifles, sniper rifles, military vehicles, exhibits, detonators, ammunition and other weapons, which they said were confiscated in Banjska.
The authorities in Kosovo have accused Serbia of being behind the support of the group that carried out the attack, both in terms of support with weapons, but also by providing them with training at military bases in Serbia. Serbia has denied any involvement in the attack, which Kosovo considers a terrorist attack./ REL
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