The government of Kosovo has said that the presence of Milan Radoicic in an election rally of the list led by the former president of Serbia, Aleksandar Vucic, is “another clear evidence” that the attack in Banjska of Zvecan was “planned, financed and organized by the state of Serbia”.
This is what the Government of Kosovo declared for Radio Free Europe (REL), referring to the armed attack on the Kosovo Police in Banjska, in the north of the country, in September 2023, during which a policeman was killed. Radoicic has accepted responsibility for organizing this attack.
Radoicic, against whom Kosovo has issued five arrest warrants in recent years and who is under sanctions of the United States and Great Britain for links to international organized crime, was seen on October 9 at a rally of the Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) in Kragujevac, according to footage published by television in Belgrade, N1.
In the footage shot and published by N1 television in Serbia, Radoicic is seen next to Vucic’s son, Danilo, in front of the hall where the election rally was held in Kragujevac.
Vucic’s son, Danillo, was also present at the same gathering.
According to the Government of Kosovo, the images where Radoicic is seen next to Vucic’s son, “should be an alarm for the EU and other Western countries”.
“Milan Radoicic does not surrender to our authorities from the state of Serbia to give responsibility before our justice, let alone that he is not even pursued by the state there, but he even accompanies and provides for the son of the president there”, says the response of the Government of Kosovo.
Radio Free Europe has addressed the Serbian Progressive Party for comment regarding Radoicic’s presence at the rally in Kragujevac, but has not yet received a response.
What is Radoicic’s role in SNS?
The independent expert on security issues, Maja Bjellosh, estimates that Radoicic’s presence at the SNS election rally, alongside Danillo Vucic, was aimed at “intimidating political opponents”.
“First of all, the aim was to scare the supporters of the Student List. At the same time, this proves the political connections and the protection that the highest state officials and the Vucic family offer to a person suspected of involvement in the organization of the group that committed the murder of (Serbian politician) Oliver Ivanovic and the attack on the Kosovo Police in Banjska”, says Bjellosh to Radio Evropa e Lirë.
In the upcoming elections in Serbia, the Student List “Students Win” is considered the main rival of the Serbian Progressive Party.
This list came out of the student movement against the Government, which has been organizing protests throughout Serbia for almost two years, accusing the authorities of “corruption and the destruction of institutions”.
This is not the first time that persons involved in the indictments of Kosovo institutions appear near Aleksandar Vučić, in his support.
A previous investigation by Radio Free Europe had revealed that among a group of people who were standing near the building of the Presidency of Serbia, together with members of the Police Brigade, was Vladimir Vučetić.
He is one of the 45 people that the Kosovo Prosecutor’s Office accuses of the attack in Banjska.
Radoicic and the attack in Banjska
Milan Radoicic has admitted that he was in charge of the Serbian armed group that carried out the attack in Banjska of Zveçan on September 24, 2023.
During the attack, the Kosovo police officer, Afrim Bunjaku, was killed, while in the subsequent exchange of fire, three attackers were also killed. After the attack, Radoicic resigned from the post of vice president of Lista Serbe, the largest party of Serbs in Kosovo, which was founded with the support of the Serbian Progressive Party and Aleksandar Vucic.
Kosovo has accused Serbia of being behind the attack, while official Belgrade has denied these accusations.
Of the 45 people accused of the attack in Banjska, three have been convicted by the justice of Kosovo. The other accused, including Radoicic, are still on the run. It is believed that all are at large in Serbia.
What is Radoicic’s status in Serbia?
In Serbia, no indictment has yet been filed in relation to the attack in Banjska, despite calls from the European Union, the United States and NATO, as well as the promises of former president Aleksandar Vučić that those responsible would be prosecuted.
Radio Free Europe has addressed the High Public Prosecutor’s Office in Belgrade to find out what stage the investigation into Banjska’s case is at, whether the investigations against Radoicic continue and whether the measure that forces him to report to the police twice a month remains in force.
The answer has not yet arrived.
The Prime Minister of Kosovo, Albin Kurti, since the attack in Banjska, has refused high-level political dialogue with Serbia, until Radoicic is prosecuted and handed over to Kosovo justice.
Radio Free Europe has also addressed the European Union for comment regarding Radoicic’s presence at the rally organized by SNS, but has not yet received a response.
On the third anniversary of the attack in Banjska, the EU had called for those responsible to face legal consequences, expressing regret that Serbia had not yet taken the necessary steps to arrest and prosecute the people on its territory.
A spokesperson for the European Commission confirmed that the EU High Representative for Foreign Policy and Security, Kaja Kallas, had raised this issue during a meeting with Aleksandar Vučić, on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York.
What did Vucic say about Radoicic?
At the end of June of this year, Aleksandar Vučić, then president of Serbia, had declared that Milan Radočić is not a criminal and that the arrest warrant against him was not issued because of criminal activities, but because of Kosovo.
At that time, information circulated in the public that Radoicic and Zvonko Veselinovic, who is also under US and Great Britain sanctions, were guarded by the Serbian Gendarmerie.
The Serbian authorities had denied these claims.
Vucic described Radoicic earlier as a “freedom fighter”, saying that he is “not an angel”, but that he is ready to “fight for the Serbian people in Kosovo”.
In addition to the attack in Banjska, Radoicic has also been linked by the Kosovo authorities to the murder of the Serbian politician, Oliver Ivanovic.
A total of five arrest warrants have been issued against him in Kosovo, among others, for setting up barricades in four municipalities with a Serbian majority in the north of Kosovo, in 2022, as well as for intimidation of witnesses in the “Brezovica” case, which is related to corruption and illegal constructions.
In April 2025, Kosovo issued another arrest warrant against Radoicic, on suspicion of committing war crimes against the civilian population in the Gjakova region.
On August 6, 2026, the Special Prosecutor’s Office of Kosovo filed an indictment against 20 people, including Radoicić, on suspicion of war crimes against the civilian population in Gjakova during the years 1998-1999./REL
