INTERPOL issues arrest warrant for Radoicic and 11 other perpetrators of the terrorist attack in Banjska

The international police organization INTERPOL has issued an arrest warrant for the former vice president of the Serbian list, Millan Radoicic, in connection with the armed attack in Banjska, the north part of Kosovo.

The news was confirmed for Radio Free Europe by Nenad Rasic, Minister for Communities and Return in the Kosovo government.

He said that the arrest warrant was issued with the mediation of the United Nations Mission in Kosovo, UNMIK, at the request of the Kosovo Ministry of Interior.

As Kosovo is not a member of INTERPOL, international arrest warrants are issued in this way.

INTERPOL stated that it does not comment on specific cases or individuals.

It clarified that it issues so-called “Red Notices” at the request of member countries and after verifying compliance.

“Red Notices” alert police around the world to internationally wanted fugitives and help bring them to justice. However, it is the responsibility of INTERPOL member countries to decide whether or not to arrest a person.

In a statement to Radio Free Europe, UNMIK said only that it “processes all requests received by Kosovo authorities to issue international wanted notices and forwards them to INTERPOL for consideration in accordance with INTERPOL procedures”.

Meanwhile, the Serbian media “Nova.rs” reported that arrest warrants had been issued for eleven more people involved in the terrorist attack in Banjska in Kosovo on September 24.

Radoicic claimed responsibility for the September 24 attack in Banjska, Zvecan, in which armed Serbian groups attacked Kosovo police and killed Sergeant Afrim Bunjaku.

Kosovo has directly accused Serbia of the organization, financing and logistics of the terrorist group led by Radoicic.

The newspaper Politico wrote today that Radoicic is the hidden hand of Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic.

“Fears of regional instability peaked again in late September when a heavily armed group led by Milan Radoicic, a controversial businessman and Vucic’s hidden hand among Kosovo Serbs, carried out an attack in the northern Kosovo village of Banjska, killing an Albanian policeman,” writes Politico.

Kosovo has also requested Radoicic’s extradition because Serbia is holding him at liberty, despite his public admission that he carried out the terrorist attack against Kosovo police.

The competent Serbian authorities detained Radoicic in Belgrade on October 3 on charges of “association for the purpose of committing criminal acts, production, possession, possession and trafficking of firearms and explosives and serious crimes against public security”.

A day later, however, he was released on condition that he not leave Serbia and was banned from traveling to Kosovo.

Serbia still remains unpunished, although Kosovo has presented evidence gained from the terrorist attack that the weapons were sponsored by Serbia during the terrorist attack and that the group trained on Serbian military bases.

/The Geopost