Prosecution File: Wyq Brothers allegedly carried out terrorist work using explosives in Iber-Lepenci Canal

The Special Prosecutor of the Republic of Kosovo in request for the appointment of the detention measure to Jovan Vifjjetevic, says there is suspicion based that he and his brother are together. Dragisa Viqenjevic has deliberately damaged the water supply equipment and carried out terrorist work, using explosives.

The Prosecution File, provided exclusively by “Justice Vow “, is set forth on 2 December 2024 at the Constitutional Court in Pristina.

According to the prosecution, there is suspicion that on November 29, 2024, around 18:50 in the village of Varanga, the Zubin-Potoc municipality, respectively, in the part of Iber-Lepenc channel, which is used to supply citizens of the Republic of Kosovo with drinking water and the needs of Kosovo's power-making plants, the suspect Jovan Vifjjetevic, in co-ordination with suspect Dragisa Vifjev (his brother), with the intention of seriously worrying residents and violating constitutional order and public safety in the Republic of Kosovo, have deliberately damaged public water equipment and carrying out the terrorist explosives work in the area and the concrete infrastructure.

The Prosecutor's File says the suspects have activated the explosives and, as a result, have seriously damaged and made it useless for further use of water, so that citizens have been unable to supply water for drink and risk producing electricity at the country level.

By this, it is suspected that they committed criminal work “The re-regardation of constitutional order by destroying or damaging public equipment” under Article 122 over criminal activity “the chairman of terrorist criminal work” by Article 129, paragraph 1 and Article 128. paragraph 1.1 linked to Article 31 of the Kosovo Criminal Code.

According to the prosecutor, on December 1, 2024, around 6:30 in the village of Prevllaka, in the defendant's home Jovan Viqejevq, all police control has been found and seized: 3 hand grenades of the 75m, 500 rounds of M79m calibre, various rounds of various yet uncounted calibres, two knives for rifles, two AK-47 rifles, a rifle carator, a mechanism for packing M16, a rifle with a knife carrying whom the defendant had no license, and with no authorization from access to access to the law.

By this, it is allegedly committed to criminal work “ownership, control or unauthorized possession of weapons” by Article 366, paragraph 2 and 1 of the Criminal Code.

In the prosecution's request for the detention measure's appointment, it is said that given the evidence they possess, there is the suspicion that the suspect has committed the criminal acts allegedly committed.

The prosecution points out that Jovan Vifjjetevic, has not admitted that he committed a criminal act, but has admitted that the automatic rifle found in his co-chairman, his brother, Drgisa Vifjjetevic, is his own, not accepting a gun other than bullets at his house in Prevlaca.

In the same case, according to the Prosecution, several body injuries allegedly linked to the site, where criminal acts took place, as well as some other evidence that were found in the house of the defendant and his brother Dragissa. So even though the defendant Jovan has refused to show that there are other weapons in his house, during the raid large numbers of weapons related to the criminal work that is being carried out, and that evidence will be subject to processing for forensic expertise.

On the basis of this, it is said to be clear that the criminal act exists and that it is suspected that these criminal acts were committed by defendants. For this reason, the prosecution believes that such evidence has been well analyzed and confirms the suspicion that defendants have committed criminal acts.

It says the detention should be determined because there is reasonable doubt to believe that after defendant Viqejjevic -- a citizen of the Republic of Serbia -- has been living several kilometers from the border with Serbia, as well as his actions have been directed against the Republic of Kosovo. In his location where police have asked him, where other members of the family have been informed of the police call for this defendant to surrender, he deliberately escaped the call until he was found and caught on the run. For the same reason, it is believed that there is a danger that can escape justice, which for justice organs in Kosovo would be impossible to ensure the same in criminal procedure.

After holding the hearing, Jovan Vifjjetevic also was assigned detention measures during the length of 30 days.

Otherwise, on Monday (December 2nd), the Special Prosecutor made it known that regarding the November 29th terrorist attack on the water channel of “Iber-Lepencit”, were escorted to Officer 10 suspects. Of them, Dragisa Viqjeviq, and D.M., were detained, where the first was assigned detention measures, while the second was released in regular procedure.

On December 1st, John Vifjjetevic, who has been seized with weapons and other equipment at home, was also banned.

Otherwise, the explosion in the Iber-Lepenci water channel in the village of Zubin-Potok, which allegedly took place with about 20kg of explosives, Kosovo authorities have named it a terrorist attack and said Serbia is responsible. The attack was also severely condemned by internationals.

Regarding this case during the raids in the north, police have seized weapons, ammunition, and other equipment.