Initial hearing postponed against three indictees for attack in Banjska

And the lawyer of the injured party, Arian Koci, has said there are factors the court decides not to be tried in absentia. “As you see this trial is being held in the absence of 42 people. It is specific because police officer Africa Bulnjak has died and the parties have been injured and the constitutional order of the Republic of Kosovo could also be jeopardised. The court must decide whether to hold it or not, however, you should take the opinion of the Supreme Court”, he said.

The court has also originally ascertained that the prosecution has fulfilled the obligation to provide the case, electronically, even though prosecutors of the accused demanded that they be delivered in physical form.

Following the court's ruling that the prosecution has carried out the pledge to hand over the paperwork, Pantovic, the lawyer of one of the accused, demanded that the hearing be interrupted.

I accepted the call for today's session Monday afternoon. The same day I've been handed over as an indictment and electronic paperwork. We don't have a chance to introduce ourselves to this dynamic act. And now we've heard from the prosecution that are thousands of pages. I didn't have the chance that in an adequate way I consulted my protector and the cause of guilt today. My defenders, the indictment has yet to surrender and there is no way of knowing what Pantovic is accused of, said. This subject is complex, with serious accusations and volume documents and tests and I need time to discuss it, about the matter of admitting guilt, and I'm not able to offer protection to my defences today.

Vladimir Tolich's lawyer, Milos Delevich, also asked for more time for preparation. This indictment was prepared for a year and we have been unable to read the article and leave the subject paperwork. I ask more time. In order to prepare, we need more time”, he said.

Prosecutor Abazi has named the defence requirements unacceptable, saying the defence has made the indictment available in the reasonable term.

If the defence plans that defendants will plead guilty, I am postponed, otherwise I am not postponed. While we have evidence that the defense is behind the indictment in the reasonable term, the demand is unacceptable”, prosecution Abazi said.

And Judge Hoti has said he cannot prejudge how the defendants will be declared and therefore decided that this session will continue on October 9th.

The three accused who have been held in custody since the arrest are part of the 45-person routine that had been identified by the Kosovo Prosecutor as responsible for the attempt to annex Kosovo's north in September last year. On 11 September, the Special Prosecution filed charges against former Serbian List Vice President Milan Radojic and 44 other people. They are charged with violence and heavy arms attempting to break the northern part and unite Serbia. Against them are heavy criminal acts such as “The carrying out of terrorist activity”, “Heavy works against the constitutional order and security of the Republic of Kosovo”, “Reforstation and financing in carrying out terrorism” and “Money laundering” According to the indictment, Serbia's state made weapons available to Radoicik's military infrastructure group and offered it weapons. Also, the document emphasises that Radovici was empowered by providing tenders worth about 100m euros, mostly from the Serbian state, but also from Kosovo's budget. Kosovo Sergeant Africa Bunnjak was killed by this group of terrorists on September 24th 2023 in an ambush in Banjska. While in the subsequent action, three attackers were killed from the police's confrontation with the group, the majority fled. / TIME.