US Senator, Democrat Jeanne Shaheen, said that Milan Radoicic should be arrested and face justice for the September events in Banjska of Zveçan

Shaheen, who is participating in the Security Conference in Munich, said that she met separately with the Prime Minister of Kosovo, Albin Kurti, and with the President of Serbia, Aleksandar Vucic, stressing that on Radoičić’s  issue, the parties should cooperate.

“I think they should arrest Radoičić and take him to prison. He has admitted his involvement and what happened on September 24, the murders [of a Kosovo policeman and three Serb attackers], now he must be held responsible for these actions. Kosovo and Serbia should cooperate on this issue”, she said during a panel that focused on the situation in the Balkans.

Radoičić, former vice president of Serb List – the main party of Serbs in Kosovo that has the support of official Belgrade – has claimed responsibility for the attack in Banjska, when a group of armed Serbs attacked the Kosovo police, killing a sergeant. During the clashes that followed in this village of Zveçan, three Serbian attackers were also killed.

Kosovo has blamed Serbia for the attack, which it considers terrorist, but Belgrade has denied having a hand in it. Pristina has also requested that Serbia hand over Radoičić.

A few days ago, the Minister of Internal Affairs of Kosovo, Xhelal Sveçla, announced that all the suspects for carrying out the attack in Banjska in the north of Kosovo in September last year, have been entered into the international INTERPOL system for arrest warrants.

After the events in Banjska, Serbia released Radoičić, but on the condition that he not travel to Kosovo.