Kosovo: German suspects detained

Three German nationals arrested in Priština this week will spend the next 30 days in detention, an investigative judge has decided.

Izvor: FoNet

Sunday, 23.11.2008.

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Three German nationals arrested in Pristina this week will spend the next 30 days in detention, an investigative judge has decided. They are subject to an investigation, suspected of involvement in the bombing this month of the International Civilian Office (ICO) premises in Pristina. Kosovo: German suspects detained The defense lawyers said that the local judiciary was trying to charge their clients with "acts of terrorism", which carry up to 20 years in prison. Albanian language daily Express wrote yesterday that all three Germans work for the German secret service, BND, while officials refused to comment on these allegations. There were no injuries as an explosive device was set off on Nov. 14 in the yard of the ICO. The EU mission building sustained minor material damage, Beta news agency said. Meanwhile, also in Pristina on Sunday, Kosovo police, KPS, spokesman Veton Elshani told FoNet news agency that there is no information to indicate that any of the three detained Germans are members of the BND. Asked whether reports that one German was released because he showed his diplomatic passport during the arrest operation, Elshani said this was not true, and that "none of the three arrested men carried diplomatic passports".

Kosovo: German suspects detained

The defense lawyers said that the local judiciary was trying to charge their clients with "acts of terrorism", which carry up to 20 years in prison.

Albanian language daily Express wrote yesterday that all three Germans work for the German secret service, BND, while officials refused to comment on these allegations.

There were no injuries as an explosive device was set off on Nov. 14 in the yard of the ICO. The EU mission building sustained minor material damage, Beta news agency said.

Meanwhile, also in Priština on Sunday, Kosovo police, KPS, spokesman Veton Elshani told FoNet news agency that there is no information to indicate that any of the three detained Germans are members of the BND.

Asked whether reports that one German was released because he showed his diplomatic passport during the arrest operation, Elshani said this was not true, and that "none of the three arrested men carried diplomatic passports".

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