The Prosecutor’s Office of Bosnia and Herzegovina has not initiated an investigation into the allegations made by the Public Prosecutor’s Office in Belgrade that Milan Radojičić, the former deputy chairman of the Serb List in Kosovo, has procured weapons, ammunition, and explosives from Tuzla – an arsenal that was used in an attack against the Kosovo Police in Banjska on September 24.
In that attack, a Kosovo Police officer, Afrim Bunjaku, was killed, and in subsequent clashes, three Serbian attackers were also killed.
“We have not received any reports from the police authorities regarding possible criminal acts and the perpetrators at the Prosecutor’s Office of Bosnia and Herzegovina. We have not received any information from neighboring countries’ institutions, so there was no order to conduct an investigation,” said Boris Grubesic, the spokesperson for the Prosecutor’s Office of Bosnia and Herzegovina to Radio Free Europe.
The Public Prosecutor’s Office in Belgrade has announced that Radojičić is accused of procuring firearms, ammunition, and high-powered explosive devices from Tuzla, in the northeastern part of Bosnia and Herzegovina, from January of this year until September 24.
The Belgrade Prosecutor’s Office has specified that the weapons were handed over to him in Belgrade’s territory, most often on the Bubanj Potok–Vrčin road, southeast of the Serbian capital. In a statement, it was stated that the weapons were then transported and hidden in abandoned facilities and forests in Kosovo.
The Minister of the Interior of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Ramo Isak, dismissed the accusations from Serbia.
“During all the checks, operational and intelligence activities related to these allegations, it has been found that all of them are untrue,” Isak told Radio Free Europe.
In addition to the police of this entity, the Intelligence and Security Agency of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the State Agency for Investigation and Protection (SIPA), and the authorities in Bosnia have also sought the assistance of the international police agency, Interpol.
The Belgrade Prosecutor’s Office did not respond to Radio Free Europe’s questions as to whether there is evidence that the weapons were actually procured from Tuzla and who assisted Radojičić in the transport.
Radio Free Europe also did not receive an answer to the question of whether the authorities in Bosnia and Herzegovina were asked to verify the claims that the weapons were procured from Tuzla.
Following the attack in Banjska in the municipality of Zvecan, the Kosovo Police exposed a large arsenal of confiscated weapons.
Among other things, there were rocket launchers, grenade launchers, automatic rifles, snipers, military vehicles, explosives, detonators, anti-tank mines, and the like.
Most of the weapons were produced in Serbian and former Yugoslav arms factories.
Institutions in Kosovo and Serbia are conducting separate investigations into this case.
The Government of Kosovo accuses Serbia of the incident in Banjska, while official Belgrade denies involvement.
In a public letter on September 29, Radojičić resigned from his position as the leader of the Serb List and admitted that he had “personally” organized the armed rebellion in north Kosovo.
He denied the responsibility of Serbian state authorities and also denied guilt for the acts attributed to him by the Belgrade Prosecutor’s Office, specifically for the illegal procurement of weapons from Bosnia and Herzegovina.
On October 4, after a court session, Radojičić was released, and his travel documents were confiscated.
