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Deutsche Presse-Agentur
November 22, 2008
Germans arrested in Kosovo were intelligence agents
Three Germans arrested in Kosovo in connection with a
bomb attack on the European Union (EU) headquarters
were intelligence service operatives, German media
reported Saturday, dpa reported.
Spiegel news magazine said the trio told Kosovo
anti-terrorism police they were inspecting the site of
the blast in Pristina but had nothing to do with the
attack, which damaged the building but caused no
injuries.
On Friday, a German government spokesman declined to
be drawn on speculation about the possible involvement
of the foreign intelligence service BND in the case
and instead pointed to the ongoing investigations.
However, the spokesman said if it emerged any of the
three were BND employees, the matter would be referred
to the parliamentary committee responsible for
monitoring the secret services.
Kosovo police arrested the three Germans on Wednesday,
five days after an explosive device was hurled at the
office of the EU's Special Representative for the
region.
One of the men was reportedly photographing the
damaged office from an adjacent empty building from
where the device is believed to have been thrown,
Spiegel said.
The newspaper Sueddeutsche Zeitung said one of the men
told the investigators he was working for the BND.
The suspects were in Kosovo "in a private capacity"
and had no immunity from prosecution, Kosovo police
spokesman Veton Elshani told Deutsche Presse-Agentur
dpa.
The BND did not comment on the case. An EU mission is
due to take over the oversight of law-enforcement in
Kosovo after more than eight years as a United Nations
protectorate.
Kosovo declared independence from Serbia in February
and Pristina, Belgrade, the UN and EU are currently
wrangling over the conditions for the deployment of
the EU mission, Eulex, comprising 2,000 police,
judicial and customs officials.
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/LM220169.htm
Reuters
November 22, 2008
No comment from Germany on Kosovo spy report
PRISTINA - Germany declined to comment on Saturday on
reports that three Germans arrested on suspicion of
throwing explosives at an EU office in Kosovo were
intelligence officers.
The explosive charge was thrown on Nov. 14 at the
International Civilian Office (ICO), the office of EU
Special Representative Pieter Feith, who oversees
Kosovo's governance, but caused only minor damage.
The men were detained on Thursday.
A spokesman for the German foreign ministry in Berlin
confirmed that three Germans had been arrested, but
declined to make any further comment as an
investigation was under way.
A police source in Kosovo told Reuters: "They are
members of the BND", but gave no further details.
The German weekly Der Spiegel also said the men worked
for the German intelligence agency BND, and that they
had told investigators they had been examining the
scene of the explosion, but had not been involved in
it.
Kosovo declared independence from Serbia in February
after nine years under U.N. stewardship and is
recognised by more than 50 countries, including
Germany.
Four days before the bomb attack, its leaders rejected
a plan by U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon's for the
deployment of an EU police and justice mission, EULEX.
Der Spiegel said the BND agents had not been
officially registered with Kosovo authorities, which
would have secured them diplomatic immunity.
A judge in Pristina was due to decide on Saturday
whether to extend the men's detention or release them
on bail. (Reporting by Fatos Bytyci; Writing by
Kerstin Gehmlich, Editing by Matthew Jones and Kevin
Liffey)
Deutsche Presse-Agentur
November 22, 2008
Germans arrested in Kosovo were intelligence agents
Three Germans arrested in Kosovo in connection with a
bomb attack on the European Union (EU) headquarters
were intelligence service operatives, German media
reported Saturday, dpa reported.
Spiegel news magazine said the trio told Kosovo
anti-terrorism police they were inspecting the site of
the blast in Pristina but had nothing to do with the
attack, which damaged the building but caused no
injuries.
On Friday, a German government spokesman declined to
be drawn on speculation about the possible involvement
of the foreign intelligence service BND in the case
and instead pointed to the ongoing investigations.
However, the spokesman said if it emerged any of the
three were BND employees, the matter would be referred
to the parliamentary committee responsible for
monitoring the secret services.
Kosovo police arrested the three Germans on Wednesday,
five days after an explosive device was hurled at the
office of the EU's Special Representative for the
region.
One of the men was reportedly photographing the
damaged office from an adjacent empty building from
where the device is believed to have been thrown,
Spiegel said.
The newspaper Sueddeutsche Zeitung said one of the men
told the investigators he was working for the BND.
The suspects were in Kosovo "in a private capacity"
and had no immunity from prosecution, Kosovo police
spokesman Veton Elshani told Deutsche Presse-Agentur
dpa.
The BND did not comment on the case. An EU mission is
due to take over the oversight of law-enforcement in
Kosovo after more than eight years as a United Nations
protectorate.
Kosovo declared independence from Serbia in February
and Pristina, Belgrade, the UN and EU are currently
wrangling over the conditions for the deployment of
the EU mission, Eulex, comprising 2,000 police,
judicial and customs officials.
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/LM220169.htm
Reuters
November 22, 2008
No comment from Germany on Kosovo spy report
PRISTINA - Germany declined to comment on Saturday on
reports that three Germans arrested on suspicion of
throwing explosives at an EU office in Kosovo were
intelligence officers.
The explosive charge was thrown on Nov. 14 at the
International Civilian Office (ICO), the office of EU
Special Representative Pieter Feith, who oversees
Kosovo's governance, but caused only minor damage.
The men were detained on Thursday.
A spokesman for the German foreign ministry in Berlin
confirmed that three Germans had been arrested, but
declined to make any further comment as an
investigation was under way.
A police source in Kosovo told Reuters: "They are
members of the BND", but gave no further details.
The German weekly Der Spiegel also said the men worked
for the German intelligence agency BND, and that they
had told investigators they had been examining the
scene of the explosion, but had not been involved in
it.
Kosovo declared independence from Serbia in February
after nine years under U.N. stewardship and is
recognised by more than 50 countries, including
Germany.
Four days before the bomb attack, its leaders rejected
a plan by U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon's for the
deployment of an EU police and justice mission, EULEX.
Der Spiegel said the BND agents had not been
officially registered with Kosovo authorities, which
would have secured them diplomatic immunity.
A judge in Pristina was due to decide on Saturday
whether to extend the men's detention or release them
on bail. (Reporting by Fatos Bytyci; Writing by
Kerstin Gehmlich, Editing by Matthew Jones and Kevin
Liffey)
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