The NATO peacekeeping mission in Kosovo, KFOR, announced on Thursday that one of its teams has examined the rocket launchers found the day before by the Kosovo Police near the Banjska Monastery in the northern Kosovo town of Zveçan.

KFOR said in a press release that the five rocket launchers (Zola) found yesterday in Banjska – which the Kosovo Police suspect are related to the September 24 attack in this village – will be sent to forensic laboratories for additional examinations.

The explosive device disposal team from the Eastern Regional Command of the NATO mission will cooperate closely with the Kosovo Police, the announcement states.

“The battalion of the Eastern Regional Command is conducting further security of the area, to see if it can find other secret weapon depots in the vicinity,” said KFOR.

The deputy director of the Kosovo Police for the northern region, Veton Elshani, said on Wednesday for Radio Free Europe that “the military vehicles are suspected to belong to the events of September last year”.

On September 24, 2023, a group of armed Serbs attacked the Kosovo Police in Banjska in Zveçan, killing Sergeant Afrim Bunjaku.

Then the attackers took refuge in the monastery of this village, from where the clashes with the police continued. Three attackers were killed during the clashes.

After the attack, a large amount of weaponry was confiscated from Banjska Monastery and surrounding facilities, including residential houses, including 29 loaded and 7 used rocket launchers, armored vehicles, more than 20 mountain vehicles and two mountain terrain motorcycles.