'One of Armed Attackers Is Bodyguard of Serbian Head of Intelligence'

The Minister of Internal Affairs of Kosovo, Xhelal Sveçla, has announced that one of the three armed Serb attackers, killed in the action of the Kosovo Police in Banjska in Zveçan on Sunday, is the bodyguard of the head of the Intelligence Agency in Serbia (BIA), Aleksandar Vulin. 

"Yesterday, through video footage, we proved the presence of the master criminal and the leader of the terrorist action, Milan Radojicic. Meanwhile, today it has been confirmed that one of the killed who was also a participant in that act is Bojan Mijailovic, the bodyguard of the head of the Serbian BIA, Aleksandar Vulin, during his visit to the Republic of Kosovo in 2013," Sveçla wrote. 

Sveçla has said that Serbia as a country is fully involved in this attack on Kosovo. 

"For this reason, there is already a formal and structural link of Aleksandar Vucic's involvement in the September 24 attack in Banjska Zveçan: Milan Radojcic, as the vice-chair of the Serb List and the bodyguard of Aleksandar Vulin, head of the BIA. Both of these are also sanctioned in the US blacklist. Both of these are among the closest people to the president of Serbia", says his article. 

He stated that the facts are proof that Serbia's intentions towards Kosovo have not changed since Milosevic's time. 

"Even the biggest optimists who until now have lied to themselves about the changes in this country, I believe, have been convinced of the opposite these days. I want to once again express my gratitude for the endurance of the Kosovo Police that day and for their unparalleled professionalism, an action in which no civilian was injured", concluded Sveçla. 

On Sunday, policeman Afrim Bunjaku was killed as a result of an armed attack in Banjska i Zveçani. In the subsequent Police action, dozens of armed attackers in Serbian uniforms surrounded the village of Banjske. The police were continuously attacked by the assailants. From the action, three attackers have been confirmed killed and eight arrested so far. Of those arrested, three were sent to custody and four were released. An arsenal of weapons was also captured, while several other attackers have already fled and are being treated in Serbian hospitals. 

Footage has already been published showing how the armed group moved to the Banjska Monastery. Minister Sveçla has published images in which the deputy chairman of the Serbi List, Milan Radoicic, can also be seen.