Svechla: Russia's involvement in terrorist attack in the north being investigated

Russian “Arms and other equipment and documents suggest Russian involvement in terrorist attack”, Svecla said in an interview for the Associated Press.

Svechla stressed that it is certain the attackers came from Serbia.

Some of them are Kosovo Serbs, who have dual citizenship -- of Kosovo and Serbia. According to information from our intelligence, they were trained in camps in Serbia”, he said.

“We have found some documents that make us doubt that there have been individuals from Russia as well as”, the MPB head for Associated Press stressed.

“As far as equipment is concerned, we have evidence, but in terms of individuals, we still have only doubts”, Svechla stressed.

According to the MPB leader, images provided by the members of the terrorist group carried masks.

Even members of the group that were arrested did not know who they were. So they are either senior officials in Serbia's security sector, or they have come directly from Russia”, Svecla said.

In the West, it fears that Russia, operating through Serbia, could aim to destabilise the Balkans and distract attention from its invasion of Ukraine.

Russia has offered support for Serbia following the attack on Banjska, accusing the West of failing to protect Kosovo Serbs, the AP writes.