One year after the violence in Zvecan and the attack on members of the NATO mission in Kosovo – KFOR, justice is still on hold.
The outbreak of violence in Zvecan in the north of Kosovo occurred during a protest by Serbs who opposed the entry of the Albanian mayor into the municipal building, who won the elections after a Serb boycott.
On the anniversary of this attack, in which 93 KFOR soldiers who were deployed in front of the municipality of Zvecan were seriously and lightly injured, NATO stated in its response that all the facts must be established and that the perpetrators must be held accountable.
What has Kosovo done so far?
On February 5th, 2024, the Special Prosecutor’s Office of Kosovo announced that it had indicted two persons of Serbian nationality from Kosovo under the initials R.P and D.O for the criminal offense of “participation in a crowd that committed a criminal offense and hooliganism”.
Lawyer Asdren Hoxha explained that they were released after reaching an agreement with the prosecutor’s office to plead guilty “for participating in a crowd that commits criminal acts or hooliganism.”
Last year’s crisis in the north of Kosovo culminated on September 24th, when an armed group of Serbs attacked the Kosovo police in the town of Banjska near Zvecani, and Sergeant Afrim Bunjaku was killed on that occasion.
The responsibility was taken by the former vice president of the Serbian List, Milan Radoicic. It is believed that he, as well as other members of that armed group, are in Serbia.
Charges against Radoicic in the case of the attack in Banjska have not been filed in Kosovo either, although it was announced that they will be filed by the end of March this year, Radio Slobodna Evropa writes.
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