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Hand grenades, magazine and bombs, Kosovo police seize other weapons and the north
2025-03-08 11:09:43 / KOSOVA
Kosovo police confiscated hand grenades, ammunition and other military equipment on Friday night in the village of Banjska in the north of the Serb-majority country.
In a statement on Saturday, police said that American members of the NATO peacekeeping mission in Kosovo, KFOR, had encountered suspicious devices in an old, abandoned mill in Banjska – the village where a deadly attack on Kosovo Police took place in 2023.
" Police units immediately reacted to this case, and subsequently confiscated the suspicious assets ," the police said.
Police said they confiscated military uniforms, three armor-piercing vests, three hand grenades, three empty long gun magazines, two bomb squads, a flash bomb, and 28 long gun cartridges.
This is the second time in about a week that Kosovo authorities have confiscated military equipment in the north of the country.
On February 28, Kosovo Police conducted an operation in the village of Rodel, Leposavic, where they confiscated military uniforms, weapons and ammunition.
According to authorities, the weapons and ammunition found in Leposavic belonged to members of the Civil Protection organization – declared a terrorist organization in Kosovo.
Kosovo's Interior Minister, Xhelal Sveçla, and Police Director, Gazmend Hoxha, said on February 28 that the seizures in Leposaviq proved that members of the Civil Protection organization continue to be active in the territory of Kosovo.
Northern Kosovo continues to be particularly tense since September 24, 2023, when a group of armed Serbs attacked the Kosovo Police in Banjska, killing a sergeant.
In the ensuing fighting, three members of the attacking group were killed.
Since then, Kosovo authorities have confiscated weapons and ammunition in the north on various occasions.
Responsibility for the attack in Banjska was claimed by Milan Radoićić, the former vice-president of the Serbian List, the largest Serb party in Kosovo, which enjoys the support of official Belgrade.
Kosovo blames Serbia for this attack, which denies involvement.
In September last year, the Kosovo Special Prosecution Office filed indictments against 45 people – among them Milan Radoićić – for the armed attack in Banjska.
Authorities in Serbia refuse to extradite Radoicic to Kosovo and say he will be tried by "Serbian courts", while officials in Kosovo say they have offered him protection./ REL
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