The attack on Iber Lepenc and the request to Serbia for information, the EU in Kosovo: So far we have no response from Serbian authorities

After the attack, Kosovo authorities announced that over 15kg of explosives had been used for the destruction of the canal, which was named by authorities as terrorist.

Security experts even stressed that the size of the attack on the channel Iber-Lepencit They overtake Banjska's, as the goal was to damage the country's main infrastructure and directly infect citizens.

Following the attack on Iber Lepenc, state officials of the Republic of Kosovo stressed that the terrorist act is headed by Serbia.

After this attack, Kosovo state authorities through the EU Office have requested information from authorities in Belgrade, but so far there is no response.

In this regard, EU Office spokeswoman in Kosovo Ioanna Lachana said that the request for mutual judicial assistance was sent through the Office of the EU Special Representative to the Ministry of Justice of Serbia on January 15th 2025, but has so far received no answer.

After the attack on Iber Lepenc Canal in northern Kosovo, the Office of the Special Representative of the EU has accepted a letter from the Kosovo Ministry of Justice on 13 January 2025, which has aired a request for mutual legal assistance from the Kosovo Special Prosecutor to relevant authorities in Serbia.

The same request for mutual judicial assistance was sent through the EU Delegation to Belgrade at Serbia's Ministry of Justice on January 15th 2025. Until today, no response was received by Serbian authorities”, she told Telegraph, broadcast Periscope.

On the other hand, Lachana stressed that in December 2024, the Council voiced its expectation that the authors be caught and brought to justice.

The Council also called on all parties interested to co-operate fully with the relevant authorities.

Otherwise, to the extent of the detention over the attack on Iber Lepenc are two suspects -- the Dragisa brothers and Jovan Viqejevic. /Periscope/