On Wednesday, the Kosovo Police found five rocket launchers (Zola) near the Banjska Monastery in the northern city of Kosovo, Zveçan, which they suspect are related to the September 24 attack in this village.

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

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 weapons, including armored vehicles, more than 20 mountain vehicles and two motorbikes, also for mountainous terrain, were confiscated in the Banjska Monastery and the surrounding facilities, including residential houses, the Kosovo Police said in that time.

The police seized 29 loaded and 7 used rocket launchers a few days after the attack.

The responsibility for this attack was taken by Milan Radoičić, the former vice-president of Serb List – the main party of Serbs in Kosovo, which enjoys the support of official Belgrade.

Kosovo blamed Serbia for the attack, which denied any involvement, but has since released Radoičić on the condition that he not travel to Kosovo.

On February 16, the Minister of the Interior of Kosovo, Xhelal Sveçla, said that all the suspects for carrying out the attack in Banjska have been entered into the international INTERPOL system for arrest warrants.