Police Director: Serbian criminal groups preparing for attack in the north

According to Hoxha, Kosovo Police are ready and there are capacities for effective response.

“may be groups like the Banjska group, perhaps smaller than they are, but that they may be more professionally prepared, can be expert on specific areas that can hit Kosovo police for their interests in the north of the country. Will there be any invasion, aggression from Serbia on the territory of Kosovo, this is a question that should be discussed at other levels, but we as police have our capacity, prepared to face any attack by these criminal groups. While for other parts it is KFOR's responsibility, the KSF normally even the Kosovo Police”, Hoxha told Kosovo public television.

The Police Director has also spoken of Serb military vehicles' movements near the Kosovo border, declaring that the Serbian Army is opening roads and trails to terrorists aimed at destabilizing the country.

These are Serbia's attempts to show it is close to the borders of Kosovo. There was a presence of the Serbian Army last week. It is information and images provided by Kosovo security institutions working around the border. We have been alert to KFOR and we have been in contact with KFOR about this presence and also in recent weeks we have been in maximum preparation as far as the possibility of moving to even criminal forces, or any diplomatic action of any group assigned by Serbia's” security institutions, director Hoxha said.

He also informed that Serbian military machines are often working around Kosovo's borders, repairing or paving the way, which, according to him, is to enable groups like the one at “Banjska” to penetrate more easily.

The “is a threat but we are continuing to monitor and we are willing to stand up to”, Hoxha said.