Special Prosecutor's Office Kosova indicted 45 people, including Milan Radoičić, who were part of the armed group that attacked the Kosovo Police last September in Banjska.
The government in Pristina labeled this attack as terrorist, it reports KoSSev.
MILAN RADOJICICMilan Radoičić: Leader of the armed action in Banjska / Photo: Tanjug/Sava Radovanović
In an attack in Banjska in the north of Kosovo on September 24, 2023, an armed group of Serbs attacked the police and killed police officer Afrim Bunjaku. Three Serb attackers were also killed in the exchange of fire.
Milan Radoičić, a former politician and businessman from northern Kosovo, who is believed to be in Serbia, claimed responsibility for the attack.
The investigation into the attack in Banjska is being conducted by Kosovo and Serbian judicial authorities, but so far only Kosovo has filed an indictment.
There are three people in custody in Kosovo who were arrested during the attack in Banjska.
RFE's sources in the Special Prosecutor's Office of Kosovo stated in mid-July that the preparation of the indictment is in the final phase, and that "the investigation in the case of Radoičić will receive a final epilogue." They also stated that the indictment is not expected before autumn.
An international Interpol warrant was issued for Radoičić at the request of Kosovo through the United Nations Mission (UNMIK).
Details of the indictment
As Kallxo writes, and KoSSev reports, the accused carried out a terrorist attack on September 24, 2023 in the village of Banjska in the municipality of Zvečan, when police sergeant Afrim Bunjaku was killed.
The prosecutor's file was submitted to this portal, and it shows the initials of the accused and what their intention was.
"Acting according to preparations and a well-organized plan in advance, using violence with heavy weapons, they tried to secede the northern part of Kosovo, i.e. the municipalities inhabited by the Serbian majority, and to annex that part of the territory to Serbia," the file states.
The Prosecutor's Office announced that the consequences of the prepared violence were the death of police officer Afrim Bunjaku and endangering the lives of other police officers and the civilian population.
The prosecution listed the initials: B. S, V. T, D. M, V. R, U. J, M. J, V. A, A. M, L. S, V. D, V. V, S J, M. K, U. M, T. V, D. V, V. J, S. P, N. S, M. V, S. R, M. R, M. A, Ž. C, K. D, S. M, M. S, A. J, R. G, I. M, G. Z, N. R, R. A, M. M, Đ. B, D. Đ, D. V, A. T, M. K, M. N, NI and VI
Also, the accused as a legal entity is also "R", while the last accused as a responsible person is RS
Kallxo: Radoičić gave money for the purchase of weapons since 2017
In the indictment, the details of which are presented by Kallxo, it is also stated that Milan Radoičić is accused of giving money for the purchase of heavy weapons from 2017 to September 24, 2023, and of paying other members of the group to commit criminal acts.
It is said that he secured the income indirectly, and the largest part was used for heavy weapons.
According to the Prosecutor's Office, the secured money "was used to purchase and supply the terrorist group with heavy weapons, military uniforms - provided for group participants, logistical support - provision of equipment and logistical services for group operations, payment of group participants - financing of terrorist group participants in order to ensure their inclusion and further involvement in criminal activities".
Therefore, he is accused of having committed the criminal offense of "facilitating and financing the commission of terrorism."
Stefanović: The indictment has no significance for Serbia
The chief public prosecutor of the Higher Public Prosecutor's Office (VJT) in Belgrade, Nenad Stefanović, pointed out that from the point of view of the legal order of Serbia, the indictment of the temporary institutions in Pristina against Milan Radoičić and others has no significance.
Stefanović reminded that the territorial integrity of Serbia as part of Kosovo and Metohija is guaranteed by Resolution 1244 of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) and pointed out that the temporary institutions in Pristina do not have any authority to conduct any proceedings, not even criminal ones, writes RTS.
Stefanović pointed out that Radoičić is being investigated by the High Public Prosecutor's Office in Belgrade due to the suspicion that he, together with several unknown persons, committed three criminal acts - association for the purpose of committing criminal acts, illegal production, possession, carrying and trafficking of firearms and explosive substances and serious acts against general security.
"As part of the investigation, the Higher Public Prosecutor's Office in Belgrade, through the Ministry of Justice, approached EULEX and requested that it be provided with complete documentation concerning the critical event of September 24, 2023 in the town of Banjska," Stefanović said and emphasized that the documentation by the time the prosecution of Kosovo raised the indictment, it was not delivered to VJT, nor was there any response from EULEX.
