Bosnia and Herzegovina: No investigation into whether Radoičić acquired weapons in Tuzla

The Prosecutor's Office of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) did not initiate an investigation into the allegations of the Higher Public Prosecutor's Office in Belgrade that the former vice-president of the Serbian List, Milan Radoičić, acquired weapons, ammunition and explosives in Tuzla that were used in the attack on the Kosovo police on September 24, Radio Slobodna announced today Europe.

In the attack on the Kosovo Police that day in the town of Banjska near Zvečani, the police officer Afrim Bunjaku was killed, several of them were wounded, and three Serbian attackers were also killed. "At the Prosecutor's Office of Bosnia and Herzegovina, we have not received any report from police agencies about the possibly committed criminal act and the perpetrators." "We did not receive any information from the institutions of neighboring countries, so there was no order to conduct an investigation," Prosecutor's Office spokesman Boris Grubešić told RSE.

The higher public prosecutor's office in Belgrade announced that Radoičić is accused of procuring weapons, ammunition and explosive devices of great destructive power from Tuzla from January 2023 to September 24. The Belgrade Prosecutor's Office specified that these weapons were delivered to him on the territory of Belgrade, "most often on the route Bubanj Potok - Vrčin", and then he transported and hid these weapons in abandoned buildings and forests in Kosovo. The Minister of Internal Affairs of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Ramo Isak, rejected the allegations from Serbia and emphasized that after all checks, both operational and police, and intelligence related to those allegations, it was determined that they were all untrue.

Apart from the police of that entity, the Intelligence and Security Agency of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the State Agency for Investigation and Protection (SIPA) participated in the investigation, and the authorities in Bosnia and Herzegovina also requested the assistance of Interpol in the investigation. The Belgrade Prosecutor's Office did not respond to RFE's inquiry as to whether there is evidence that the weapons were indeed purchased in Tuzla and who possibly helped Radoičić in the transport. There was no answer to the question whether the authorities in Bosnia and Herzegovina had been asked to verify the allegation that the weapons were bought in Tuzla.

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