Long guns, hand grenades, radio links, bulletproof vests and other vehicles were found a day earlier in a house in North Mitrovica. Kosovo police for the northern region say the weapons seized in the north of the country belong to the period before the terrorist attack in Banjska, Zvecan. Despite the seized weapons, the deputy director of police in the North, Veton Elshani, estimates that the security situation in the North continues to be calm and under control. But he did not rule out the possibility of new attacks.
‘This shows that the police are carrying out their routine work every day when we receive information to intervene, however the situation in the North has changed operation banjkes and we consider that the weapons found yesterday is certainly in front of Banjska.
The security situation in the North continues to be a delicate calm due to the political developments that take place in these parts however the situation is considered to be in control regardless of whether something big happens more than an explosion police are in every corner of the country and ready to face any action. We consider the situation is under control if something like this happens we react not to rule out any cases but the police is being her yer citizens and ready to intervene. We have two people identified who have not been arrested and are still being sought by police. They may have moved to Serbia as well, ” Elshani said.
With the seizure of weapons in the north, Minister of Interior Xhelal Svecla said that possible attacks on police officials, citizens or institutions of the country have been prevented and added that the successful battle in combating terrorism will be unstoppable.
But PDK member of the Parliamentary Committee for security and Defense Affairs, Hisen Berisha, says that in the north of the country there is constantly smuggling of weapons that enter Kosovo and for this the government should be held accountable. According to him, there are weapons in every monastery in Kosovo.
“We are facing a situation and statements by government officials that have convinced us that there have never been more states and powers and control in the North. The government took the place to close the urn of bansjke but until that day there have passed vehicles that have smuggled…was there possible to have weapons there now after two weeks… the closure of the contrabanidation which shows that during the whole period there was neither States nor sovereignty there is a status quo that keeps the boot of the police and the thigh there has been continuous smuggling. All these games with the north are the scenario that the government uses to overcome the crisis that passes in governance international pressures etc. North to get their attention. The government should give responsibility as it is possible that during the time when they said no accounting happened, ” Berisha told rtv21.
NATO’s peacekeeping force in Kosovo has increased the number of its soldiers following last year’s riots and attacks in Banja Luka and has said it is ready to respond in any situation. A day earlier, US troops of KFOR conducted car checks at checkpoints in the municipality of Leposavic.
