Kosovo Police confirms: The number of those arrested for the aggression in the north reaches 8, another arsenal of weapons is seized

The Kosovo Police confirmed that the number of people arrested in connection with the attack on them in Banjska on September 24 has reached eight.

According to an announcement, two people arrested on September 25 in a hotel in Banjska were "confiscated with some tools and an arsenal of weapons".

"After the arrest of two terrorist attackers with firearms against police officers, the arrest of four suspects who were found in illegal possession of radio communications suspected of being linked to a terrorist group, as well as the arrest of two suspects, with the date 25.09.2023, the number of those arrested so far has reached eight people",  the announcement states.

According to the Police, during the arrest in Banjska on September 25, an armored car, two cars and a heavy machine (excavator) were confiscated from the suspects, which, according to the law enforcement authorities, were filled with weapons of different calibers, machine guns , sniper, mine thrower, 22 AK 47 type long guns, hunting rifle, revolver, a hand grenade and others.

The police also said that two AK 47s were found in the Banjska monastery.

As for the security situation in the north of Kosovo, inhabited by a majority of Serbs, the Police said that it is calm, but remains tense.

An armed group, which according to the authorities consisted of about 30 people, attacked the Kosovo Police in Banjska in Zveçan on September 24, killing Sergeant Afrim Bunjaku.

The police said that three suspected attackers were killed during the exchange of fire in the monastery of Banjska, where this armed group took refuge.

The Minister of Internal Affairs of Kosovo, Xhelal Sveçla, has accused Millan Radoicic, vice president of Lista Serbe, the largest party of Serbs in Kosovo, of having organized and participated in the attack.

On September 26, Sveçla published a video recorded by a drone, which allegedly shows an armed Radoiçiqi in Banjska.

Lista Serbe, the party that has the support of Belgrade, nor the institutions in Serbia have not reacted to Kosovo's accusations about Radoicic's alleged involvement.

Kosovo has made Serbia responsible for the attack, while Belgrade officially the Kosovo Serbs./REL

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