Kosovo Albanian arrested on ‘terrorist’ charges

 

Kosovo police have arrested an ethnic Albanian suspected of trying to recruit fighters to go to Syria and Iraq and promoting “terrorist” activities in media social sites.

 

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A statement on Tuesday said police searched the man’s house in a village in Hani i Elezit, 65 kilometers (40 miles) south of capital Pristina, where they found a pistol, a rifle and some electronic devices.

 

Police called on the people not to pay attention to such calls and deceit on involvement in terrorist activities.

 

A few hundred Kosovo-born volunteers have joined ISIS group in Syria and Iraq. They often appear on their propaganda videos warning of imminent attacks.

 

The operation, code-named Van Damme, was part of a wider one initiated from the Brescia court in nearby Italy.