Court in Pristina sentences Dusan Drobac for attack on KFOR and Kosovo Police last year in Zvecan

The court in Pristina has sentenced Dusan Drobac for the criminal offenses of co-perpetration, including assault on an official and participation in a mob committing a criminal offense and hooliganism, reports Reporteri.

The verdict was announced by Judge Violeta Namani Hajra, according to Reporteri. The court sentenced Drobac to 18 months in prison for assault on an official, with time spent in detention to be credited toward the sentence.

For the offense of participation in a mob committing a criminal offense and hooliganism, the court sentenced him to six months in prison, which, with the defendant's consent, is substituted by a fine of €15,000 to be paid within 15 days after the verdict becomes final or, at the latest, within three months of the verdict taking effect.

Judge Namani Hajra also stated that the defendant will remain in custody until the verdict becomes final but for no longer than the duration of the prison sentence imposed in this judgment. A separate decision will be made by the court, and the dissatisfied parties have the right to appeal this decision.

This criminal case reached its conclusion after the court approved a plea agreement between the Special Prosecution and the defendant Drobac before the verdict was announced.

Drobac is one of 45 Serbs against whom Kosovo's Special Prosecution has filed criminal charges. Among those charged are members of the Serb List party, including Goran Rakic, Igor Simic, Aleksandar Spiric, Dragisa Milovic, Milan Radojevic, and the already arrested Milun Milenkovic Lune.

As previously reported by Novosti, other individuals targeted by Pristina include Vucina Jankovic, Vladan Radivojevic, Danijel Smigic, and Slobodan Miletic from Zvecan, as well as Stevan Pavicevic, Lazar Dejanovic, Zivojin Sikimic, Dusan Drobac, Nikola Miljkovic, Bogdan Dimic, Dragoje Kastratovic, Stojan Antosijevic, Marko Djukic, Tomislav Kostic, Marko Danic, and Nebojsa Ordic from North Mitrovica.

The charges stem from the events of May 29, 2023, when members of the Kosovo Special Police opened fire on Serbs who were peacefully protesting, severely injuring Dragisa Galjak by shooting him in the back.

According to Kosovo's prosecution, the Serbs from Kosovo are accused of actively participating in leading criminal groups that allegedly attempted to violently prevent the establishment of Kosovo's constitutional order in four northern municipalities and to re-establish Serbia's constitutional order.

They are accused of endangering persons under international protection, participating in hooliganism, and committing attacks on official personnel.