The Minister of Internal Affairs of Kosovo, Dželjalj Svećlja, announced that documents were found that prove the participation of the vice-president of the Serbian List, Milan Radoičić, in the weekly attacks in the north, where a Kosovo policeman was killed.
As reported by the Koha newspaper, Svećlja told reporters that maps and plans showing the attack plan were also found inside the Banjska monastery.
"These maps and documents are proof that these are not local groups, but terrorist organizations... We found the documents of the criminal Milan Radoičić, which prove his direct participation in this action." He is the vice-president of the Serbian List and we already know that the Serbian List is closely coordinated with Vučić. The map of this plan is clearer than ever. "From this large amount of weapons, it is understood that there was a plan to involve hundreds of people in the destabilization of the region," Svećlja added.
According to him, the plan was well thought out, and he pointed out that the Kosovo authorities will not stop protecting the sovereignty of the state.
Svećlja asked Serbia to hand over to Kosovo the persons who attacked the Kosovo police, so that they could answer to the judicial authorities for the act of terrorism.
The United States of America imposed sanctions on Radoičić in December 2021. A year later, Great Britain did the same. Radoičić, along with arms dealer Slobodan Tešić and Zvonko Veselinović, are on the list of persons against whom the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Great Britain has imposed sanctions.
Milan Radoičić and Zvonko Veselinović, as BIRN wrote, have the status of informal masters of northern Kosovo. Radoičić is also linked to the murder of Oliver Ivanovic.
Ever since after the murder of Oliver Ivanovic, the Kosovar politician Rada Trajković mentioned the name of Milan Radoičić, whom she labeled as the man who has power in Kosovska Mitrovica, this "owner of the Gray tavern where Serbian politicians meet and where everything is decided" intrigues a part of the public and media.
The Kosovo police tried to arrest Radoičić in November 2018 for linking him to the murder of Oliver Ivanovic, but did not find him in the apartment then. Since then, the Kosovo authorities have been searching for him, and the warrant was canceled in March 2021.
In February 2022, Radoičić escaped arrest for the second time before the Kosovo police. This time he was on the wanted list in connection with the "Brezovica" case, which is being conducted in Kosovo due to corruption and illegal construction. During the attempt to enter the Brnjak crossing, the alarm signaled that the person should be arrested, and Radoičić ran away from the crossing, the Kosovo media announced, and the Kosovo police confirmed.
After that, he stated in a statement that he has nothing to do with the charges against him in the case of Brezovica, and according to the prosecutor, he is suspected of intimidating witnesses during the criminal proceedings.
In the middle of 2022, Milan Radoičić recorded a video message in Leposavic, in the north of Kosovo.
"The real terror against our Serbian people is just beginning. To my people in the north, and to all Serbs, let me just say, and to the others, I'm here, I'm back, and you know what that means, because there's no going back from here. Long live Serbia," said Radoičić on the video from Leposavic.
In December 2021, the Office for the Control of Foreign and Assets of the US Treasury Department marked Zvonko Veselinović, his brother Žarko, Milan Radoičić, Željko Bojić and Marko Rosić for belonging to corrupt networks linked to transnational organized crime, according to the statement.
The Office for the Control of Foreign Assets of the US Ministry of Finance marked Zvonko Veselinović, his brother Žarko, Milan Radoičić, Željko Bojić and Marko Rosić for belonging to corrupt networks connected to transnational organized crime, according to the statement.
In the comment – "When the army returns to Kosovo": Where were Vulin and Bata Gašić - Filip Švarm wrote: "That is why it is an open question that the real goal of the action in Banjska was beyond any official position of Serbia." An attempt to radicalize and put Vučić in front of a fait accompli? A demonstration that he is no longer the only one wondering about the north of Kosovo? A warning to powerful structures from that area about what will happen if they are threatened? Perhaps it is worth recalling last year's video message of Milan Radoičić recorded in Kosovo: "I am here. I'm back. And you know what that means."
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