Before the fall, it is not expected that any indictment will be filed in the case of the attack in Banjska, say Radio Free Europe (REL) sources in the Special Prosecutor’s Office of Kosovo.
At that time, it will be a year since armed groups of Serbs attacked the Kosovo police in this village in the north, killing Sergeant Afrim Bunjaku, writes REL.
In the armed clashes that followed, three more Serb attackers were killed.
The responsibility for the attack was taken by Milan Radoičić, a former politician and businessman from the north of Kosovo, who is believed to be in Serbia.
Investigations, in parallel, are being conducted by the High Public Prosecutor’s Office in Belgrade.
Radio Free Europe’s sources in the Special Prosecutor’s Office of Kosovo say that “the work on the case is in the final phase” and that “the investigations in the case of Radoicic have reached their final epilogue”.
“After the completion and examination of some peripheral reports, we will proceed further”, they say.
Other details are not given, except that the indictment is not expected to be filed before autumn.
While Radoicic is believed to be free in Serbia, three people are detained in Kosovo in connection with the case.
In the Kosovo Institute for Justice, which monitors the justice system in the country, they say that the Special Prosecutor’s Office is within the legal deadline for completing the indictment, since with the latest legal changes, the anticipated period for the completion of the investigations and the filing of the indictment may go up to three years, from two and a half years as it was earlier.
According to the Kosovo Institute for Justice, the Prosecutor’s Office has in front of it a considerable amount of material evidence and suspects for the attack.
“The fact that [the attack] happened about nine months ago does not necessarily mean that the Prosecutor’s Office hastens its actions and submits a lower-quality indictment. The time period of three years, which is available, should serve to have a high-quality and well-proven indictment – through material and personal evidence”, say the Kosovo Institute for Justice.
