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EU calls on Serbia: Those responsible for the attack in Banjska must be brought to justice

2025-02-07 20:39:25Kosova&Bota SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX
Milan Radoićić at the Banjska monastery

The European Union (EU) has again called on Serbia to take immediate steps to bring to justice those suspected of being responsible for the deadly attack in the village of Banjska in northern Kosovo in the fall of 2023.

"We have taken into account the announcement of the High Prosecutor's Office in Belgrade on December 2, 2024, to open an investigation into this case," a spokesman for the bloc said on Friday.

He added that Serbia is obliged to cooperate in the investigation into the Banjska case. On September 24, 2023, a group of armed Serbs attacked the Kosovo Police in Banjska, Zvecan, killing one Kosovo police officer. During the ensuing exchange of fire, three more Serb attackers were killed.

Kosovo blames Serbia for the attack, which denies involvement. Milan Radoi?i?, former vice-chairman of the Serbian List, the largest Serb party in Kosovo that enjoys Belgrade’s support, claimed responsibility for the attack. In September last year, the Kosovo Special Prosecution Office indicted 45 people – including Milan Radoi?i? – for the armed attack in Banjska.

Authorities in Serbia refuse to extradite Radoicic to Kosovo and say he will be tried by “Serbian courts,” while officials in Kosovo say they have offered him protection. In December, the chief prosecutor of the High Public Prosecutor’s Office in Belgrade, Nenad Stefanovic, said that a decision to file an indictment against Radoicic would be made by early 2025.


In Serbia, Radoi? is suspected of other criminal offenses, namely “serious crime against general security and illegal production, possession and trafficking of weapons.” Meanwhile, the EU spokesperson reiterated on Friday that for Serbia, progress in the talks for membership in the European bloc will also depend on progress in the normalization of relations with Kosovo and the rule of law.

EU member states in December disagreed that Serbia had met all the conditions to open several chapters in the accession negotiations process, even though the European Commission had assessed that those conditions had been met by Belgrade. Some member states had justified their opposition to opening these chapters by the lack of results in bringing to justice those responsible for the attack in Banjska. Some EU states are particularly unhappy with the fact that there is still no indictment against Radoi?./Rel


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