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Dacic condemns release of Bajram Aslani
Belgrade,
19 June 2010
First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the Interior Ivica Dacic said today that the decision of an EULEX judge to free Bajram Aslani from detention in Kosovo, who is sought by Serbia and the US for planning terrorist attacks, deserves the harshest condemnation.
File photo of Ivica Dacic
Author:
Tanjug
In a statement to Tanjug, Dacic outlined that the US issued an arrest warrant for Aslani and that it expects his extradition for planning terrorist attacks in the US. He added that Aslani is also suspected of planning terrorist attacks in Kosovo and Jordan and in the Gaza Strip.
This is why the decision of his release is surprising, Dacic noted. This indicates that double standards are applied in the case of members of Albanian radical groups.
He voiced his hope that the international mission in Kosovo will take into account the requests of the Serbian and US judiciaries for prosecuting Bajram Aslani as one of the leading extremist Islamic leaders in the province.
Dacic confirmed that the Serbian police have operational data that during last year, Aslani got hold of a considerable amount of plastic explosives in Bosnia-Herzegovina which he transferred to Kosovo-Metohija and that this explosive material is intended for terrorist acts in central Serbia.
Also, operational data of the Serbian police indicates that Aslani is a member of the Wahhabi Islamic movement and that he is in close contact with well-known radical Islamists from Novi Pazar and Sjenica.
On 1 October 2007, following the instruction of the Special Department of Belgrade District Court, the Serbian police issued an international arrest warrant for Aslani for the crimes of terrorism and illegal possession of arms and explosive materials.
The First Deputy Prime Minister added that the Serbian police found out that Aslani was connected with the organisers of the Wahhabi camp who were discovered in a police action in March 2007.
On that occasion the police found a camp for the training of Islamic terrorists near the village of Zabren, in the Sjenica municipality, on the slopes of the Ninaja mountain.
The police found out that Aslani together with Nedzad Bulic and Adis Muric, another group of the accused, was taking part in criminal activities from May to 19 September 2007.
In coordinated activities, Aslani was causing explosions and other acts of violence and thus created an atmosphere of fear and insecurity among the population, Dacic explained.
The Serbian police also have suspicions that Aslani supplied the group arrested on Ninaja mountain near Novi Pazar with arms and ammunition, and to the leaders of the group – Ismail Prentic, who died during an attempted arrest and Senad Ramovic, who was convicted to 13 years’ imprisonment, he offered logistical support after their escape from Novi Pazar.
On 3 July 2009, the Special Department of Belgrade District Court convicted 12 members of this group to 64 years in prison for planning terrorist attacks and illegal possession of arms.
During 2007, the Special Department of Belgrade District Court provided the international prosecutor in Kosovo-Metohija with documentation that proves that Aslani was in contact with the prosecuted group from Novi Pazar. On the basis of this documentation, the International court sentenced him to house arrest.
After this, the international prosecutor passed Aslani´s case to the local prosecution which stopped further criminal court action, Dacic recalled.
This is why the decision of his release is surprising, Dacic noted. This indicates that double standards are applied in the case of members of Albanian radical groups.
He voiced his hope that the international mission in Kosovo will take into account the requests of the Serbian and US judiciaries for prosecuting Bajram Aslani as one of the leading extremist Islamic leaders in the province.
Dacic confirmed that the Serbian police have operational data that during last year, Aslani got hold of a considerable amount of plastic explosives in Bosnia-Herzegovina which he transferred to Kosovo-Metohija and that this explosive material is intended for terrorist acts in central Serbia.
Also, operational data of the Serbian police indicates that Aslani is a member of the Wahhabi Islamic movement and that he is in close contact with well-known radical Islamists from Novi Pazar and Sjenica.
On 1 October 2007, following the instruction of the Special Department of Belgrade District Court, the Serbian police issued an international arrest warrant for Aslani for the crimes of terrorism and illegal possession of arms and explosive materials.
The First Deputy Prime Minister added that the Serbian police found out that Aslani was connected with the organisers of the Wahhabi camp who were discovered in a police action in March 2007.
On that occasion the police found a camp for the training of Islamic terrorists near the village of Zabren, in the Sjenica municipality, on the slopes of the Ninaja mountain.
The police found out that Aslani together with Nedzad Bulic and Adis Muric, another group of the accused, was taking part in criminal activities from May to 19 September 2007.
In coordinated activities, Aslani was causing explosions and other acts of violence and thus created an atmosphere of fear and insecurity among the population, Dacic explained.
The Serbian police also have suspicions that Aslani supplied the group arrested on Ninaja mountain near Novi Pazar with arms and ammunition, and to the leaders of the group – Ismail Prentic, who died during an attempted arrest and Senad Ramovic, who was convicted to 13 years’ imprisonment, he offered logistical support after their escape from Novi Pazar.
On 3 July 2009, the Special Department of Belgrade District Court convicted 12 members of this group to 64 years in prison for planning terrorist attacks and illegal possession of arms.
During 2007, the Special Department of Belgrade District Court provided the international prosecutor in Kosovo-Metohija with documentation that proves that Aslani was in contact with the prosecuted group from Novi Pazar. On the basis of this documentation, the International court sentenced him to house arrest.
After this, the international prosecutor passed Aslani´s case to the local prosecution which stopped further criminal court action, Dacic recalled.
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