Seven individuals were detained and later released on Saturday following police raids in the northern Kosovo municipalities of Zvecan and Zubin Potok, as part of the ongoing investigation into the 2013 killing of an EULEX customs officer, the Kosovo Specialist Prosecutor’s Office confirmed.
The arrests were carried out under orders from the Basic Court in Pristina, led by the Specialist Prosecutor’s Office in cooperation with the Kosovo Police. According to their joint statement, the operation took place at two locations in Zvecan and seven in Zubin Potok.
Kosovo Office: Seven Arrested in Zubin Potok and Zvecan Raids
After being questioned, all seven individuals were released.
However, police said they seized several pieces of material evidence, including two firearms, ammunition, clothing with nationalist symbols, binoculars, documents, and various electronic devices. Authorities did not specify the exact locations where the items were found or to whom they belonged.
The searches were conducted under suspicions of criminal offenses related to „endangering United Nations personnel or personnel associated with them, aggravated murder, and assault on an official during the performance of official duties,“ the statement said.
The raids are linked to the unsolved murder of EULEX customs officer Audrius Šenavičius, who was fatally shot on September 19, 2013, on the main road between North Mitrovica and Leposavic, near Balaban in the municipality of Zvecan.
At the time, EULEX reported that two mission vehicles carrying six staff members came under fire. Šenavičius, a Lithuanian national, was seriously wounded and later died from his injuries at the Health Center in North Mitrovica. He was the first EULEX officer killed since the mission began its work in Kosovo.
The case remains unresolved. Following EULEX’s withdrawal from the justice system in 2018, the investigation was transferred to Kosovo’s judiciary. EULEX had previously offered a reward of €82,000 for information leading to the resolution of the case.
Raids in Zubin Potok and Zvecan linked to 2013 killing of EULEX officer, Kallxo reports
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