Police tight-lipped on ICO blast suspects

Kosovo police, KPS, officials on Friday would not disclose more details on the bomb attack suspects arrested the day before. Police said that for the sake of the investigation they could not give any further information about the German nationals arrested on suspicion of involvement in an incident last week. Police tight-lipped on ICO blast suspects An explosive device was thrown at the International Civilian Office (ICO) building in Pristina on November 14. This office is headed by Pieter Feith, who is the EU's special representative to Kosovo. Spokesman Erber Beka said that he could not divulge to the public the details about those arrested for the sake of investigation, but ruled out allegations by some Albanian language media that the suspects are members of "some intelligence agency and that they had diplomatic passports". "According to the results of the investigation so far, it cannot be said that they belong to some intelligence agency, they have regular German passports, not diplomatic ones," Beka told a news conference. But local Albanian language daily Express writes today that the three men, identified as Robert Zoller, 47, Andreas Brunken, 41, and Andreas Jakel, 41, are members of Germany's secret service BND. According to this report, the agency has admitted that the three are its members, but rejected accusations that they took part in the bombing of the ICO. In Germany, Suddeutsche Zeitung writes that EULEX circles in are unofficially saying that the suspects "might be agents". Another German printed media, Die Welt magazine, says that the men arrested were in Kosovo privately. The investigation of the incident continues in Pristina, while the local public broadcaster says the police still have no information about the motives behind the attack.

Police tight-lipped on ICO blast suspects

An explosive device was thrown at the International Civilian Office (ICO) building in Priština on November 14. This office is headed by Pieter Feith, who is the EU's special representative to Kosovo.

Spokesman Erber Beka said that he could not divulge to the public the details about those arrested for the sake of investigation, but ruled out allegations by some Albanian language media that the suspects are members of "some intelligence agency and that they had diplomatic passports".

"According to the results of the investigation so far, it cannot be said that they belong to some intelligence agency, they have regular German passports, not diplomatic ones," Beka told a news conference.

But local Albanian language daily Express writes today that the three men, identified as Robert Zoller, 47, Andreas Brunken, 41, and Andreas Jakel, 41, are members of Germany's secret service BND.

According to this report, the agency has admitted that the three are its members, but rejected accusations that they took part in the bombing of the ICO.

In Germany, Suddeutsche Zeitung writes that EULEX circles in are unofficially saying that the suspects "might be agents".

Another German printed media, Die Welt magazine, says that the men arrested were in Kosovo privately.

The investigation of the incident continues in Priština, while the local public broadcaster says the police still have no information about the motives behind the attack.