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Kosovo court sentences 3 ethnic Serbs to life, 30 years in prison over 2023 clash
- Kosovo Basic Court sentenced two ethnic Serbs to life in prison and a third to 30 years for the 2023 Banjska clash.
- The court found they violated Kosovo’s constitutional order and incited terror with aims to separate zones in northern Kosovo.
- The incident involved barricades and an hourslong gunbattle with Kosovo police in Banjska village.
- Kosovo says Serbia armed and supported the group; Belgrade denies the allegation.
- The trial followed charges against 45 people, though only three were tried in custody.
- Serbia’s Srpska Lista party called the verdict retribution and a grave injustice to fair trial principles.
- The Banjska clash raised tensions in the volatile Balkans amid Kosovo-Serbia normalization talks with the EU.
- Kosovo police officer and three gunmen were killed during the 2023 Banjska clash.
- Radoicic, a Serbia-based businessman and politician linked to ruling party, remains at large.
- Two Serbs were sentenced to life; one received a 30-year term for participating in the 2023 Banjska attack.
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