Vuchqi denies the facts: My son was involved in the Banjska attack.

Serbia's President Aleksandar Vuciq denied that his son, Danilo, is involved in the attack on Kosovo police on 24 September.

Vuciqi's reaction comes after Kosovo Minister of Internal Affairs Jedal Svecla said that Milorad Jevtic took part in the attack in Banjsk, which according to him, “is recognised as one of the closest associates of Danilo Vuciq, the son of Serbian President Aleksandar Vuciq”.

The “Mbets for security organs and investigations to reveal that besides Vuciqi and the top Serbian state structures, was his son [including] in planning and organising the terrorist attack on Zvecan Banjsk”, Svecla wrote on Facebook.

Vuciq said that his son “has no connection with the attack on Banjska, “except that he loves Serbia and Metohija Kosovo as part of it, in line with the UN Charter”.

The first characteristic of a coward is when someone attacks another's family, his children, because they are always the easiest target”, Vuciq wrote, addressing Kosovo Prime Minister Albin Kurti, despite the latter not commenting on statements made by Minister Svecla for the Serbian president's son.

Svechla said that following the attack on Banjska, authorities found a personal Jevtici document, which, according to him, “from the last five visits of Vuciki's son to Kosovo, four times they were together in the same car”.

On 24 September, an armed group attacked a patrol unit of Kosovo police on a street in the village of Banjska, killing Sergeant Africa Bulnjak.

Later, the group of attackers fled to the monastery in Banjska, where it continued its clashes with police officials.

During the clashes, according to Kosovo authorities, three attackers have been killed.

Kosovo has blamed this attack on Serbia's terrorist name, but Belgrade has denied having anything to do with it.

Milan Radoicic, former vice president of the Serbian List, ) the main party of Serbs in Kosovo that has the backing of official Belgrade, has admitted to having organised and participated in the Banjska attack. Kosovo has published evidence of Radojici's involvement in events in the north, including recorded images of fears where he is viewed in uniform and armed at the Banjska monastery on 24 September.

After the attack, Kosovo's Assembly has adopted a resolution that requires an international investigation to determine Serbia's role in the attack on Banjska.

The United States and the European Union have strongly condemned the attack, while calling on the parties to return to dialogue for normalising reports mediated by Brussels.

In the EU as well, some states have demanded that Serbia be punished if proven to have been involved in the attack. The European bloc has declared it is awaiting the outcome of the investigations and will then decide what steps it will take. / REL