banjska attack

Calls Grow for Serbia to Hand Over Suspects Behind Deadly Attack in Kosovo

Two years after the deadly attack by Serb gunmen in Banjska, in the north of Kosovo, that left one Kosovo policeman dead, the key suspect remains at large in Serbia—prompting renewed calls for justice from Kosovo officials and embassies.

The trial for the September 2024 terrorist attack in Banjska, Zvecan, held at the Basic Court of Prishtina on April 17, 2025. Photo: BIRN

Three Serbs Go on Trial for 2023 Armed Attack in Banjska, Kosovo

As the trial started for the September 2023 attack on the Kosovo village of Banjska, in which a police officer was killed, the prosecution said it would prove the assault was well planned by a trained group of armed Serbs.

Left to right: Blagoje Spasojevic, Vladimir Tolic and Dusan Maksimovic at Prishtina Basic Court on October 9, 2024. Photo: BIRN

Kosovo Serbs Plead Not Guilty to Terrorism Over Banjska Attack

The only three suspects arrested so far in Kosovo for the deadly attack on police by a Serb armed group in the northern village of Banjska in September 2023 pleaded not guilty to terrorism charges.

Left to right, Blagoje Spasojevic, Vladimir Tolic, and Dusan Maksimovic at Pristina Basic Court on September 25, 2024. Photo: BIRN

Kosovo Postpones Trial for Banjska Attack, Awaits Supreme Court Ruling

The first trial hearing for the 2023 deadly attack in Banjska was postponed to October, and Kosovo's Supreme Court was asked to rule on whether the trial of fugitive kingpin Milan Radoicic and 41 others can be held in absentia.

Kosovo Indicts 45 for Deadly Attack by Armed Serb Group in Banjska

Forty-five suspects, including powerful Kosovo Serb businessman Milan Radoicic, were charged by prosecutors in Prishtina over last September’s armed attack on Kosovo police officers in the northern village of Banjska.

From Haven to Isolation: Tales of Albanians Migrating to Albania

Local elections in Kosovo on October 12, 2025. Photo: BIRN/Denis Sllovinja.

Election Disinformation, a Tool of Undermining Trust in Kosovo Institutions

Kosovo’s Dynamism Stands Out: Helvetas Director Melchior Lengsfeld States

Beyond Empty Speeches: Kosovo Lags Behind Standards in Integrating People with Disabilities

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