Two men arrested in June near Serbia's border with Hungary will remain in custody until at least December 9, the High Court in Subotica confirmed to Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. According to German media, investigators in Germany are also analyzing whether they may have connections to people involved in the investigation into the attempted attack at Leipzig/Halle Airport.
Danillo B. and Slobodan Gj. were arrested on June 11 near Subotica, while traveling towards the Hungarian border. German media described them as “disposable” Russian agents, suspected of planning an act of sabotage in Germany. The German newspaper “Bild” reported in July that the two men were suspected of planning to plant explosives in Germany.
A company involved in the production or supply of military equipment to Ukraine was mentioned as a possible target. Less than two months after their arrest, on August 4, an attempted attack took place at Leipzig/Halle Airport. There, near Ukrainian transport aircraft, a drone with an explosive device was found.
In early September, Der Spiegel, citing sources involved in the investigation, reported that German investigators were checking whether the two men arrested in Serbia had contact with a person being investigated in connection with the attempted attack in Leipzig. German authorities have not publicly confirmed the connection.
The Federal Prosecutor's Office and the German police did not respond to RFE/RL's questions about the stage of the investigation and whether a possible connection to the two people arrested in Serbia is being examined. The Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution (BfV) told RFE/RL that it "does not comment publicly on matters relating to information or possible intelligence activities." Germany's Federal Intelligence Service (BND) gave a similar response.
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Two months before the two men were arrested, on April 5, explosives were found near the gas pipeline connecting Serbia with Hungary in Kanjiža, in the far north of Serbia. At the time, security services and state officials linked the case to a possible sabotage of the gas infrastructure and alleged that a person from a group of migrants may have been involved.
The case was also discussed with Hungarian authorities. Five months later, the High Public Prosecutor's Office in Subotica announced that it was investigating seven people. They are suspected of obtaining and storing explosives, explosive devices and drones in Serbia, which they then sent to European Union countries.
Prokuroria nuk iu përgjigj pyetjeve të Radios Evropa e Lirë se në cilën fazë ndodhet hetimi dhe nëse janë të sakta raportimet e mediave gjermane se po hetohen lidhje të mundshme mes dy personave të arrestuar në Serbi dhe të dyshuarve për tentativën për sulm në Gjermani.
Hetimet në Gjermani dhe raportimet e mediave
Pasi më 4 gusht në Aeroportin e Lajpcihut u gjet një dron me një mjet shpërthyes, Qeveria gjermane tha se e konsideron Rusinë përgjegjëse për tentativën për sulm. Moska i mohoi akuzat.
Hetimin po e zhvillon Prokuroria Federale e Gjermanisë, e cila deri më tani nuk ka bërë publike hollësi dhe nuk ka konfirmuar se hetimi përfshin verifikime edhe në Serbi. Në fillim të shtatorit, “Der Spiegel”, duke u thirrur në burime të sigurisë, raportoi se hetuesit po verifikojnë kontakte të mundshme mes Danillo B. dhe Sllobodan Gj., të cilët ndodhen në paraburgim në Serbi, dhe një personi që shfaqet edhe në hetimin për tentativën për sulm në Aeroportin e Lajpcihut.
Mediat gjermane raportuan për të dyshuarin Oleg L., duke thënë se hetuesit janë duke shqyrtuar edhe lidhjet e tij të mundshme me shërbimin rus të inteligjencës ushtarake, GRU. Sipas këtyre raportimeve, pas qëndrimit në Gjermani, Oleg L. udhëtoi drejt Serbisë dhe më pas drejt Rusisë. Për përfshirje në këtë rast dyshohet edhe një shtetas bjellorus, Andrej K.
Për rastin foli së voni edhe senatorja amerikane, Jeanne Shaheen, e cila, në një intervistë për Radion Evropa e Lirë, tha se Serbia kishte shërbyer si “stacion i ndërmjetëm” për rusët, gjatë tentativës për sulm në Lajpcih.
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Sipas mediave gjermane, hetuesit arritën te të dyshuarit, ndër të tjera, përmes pjesëve të sekuestruara të dronëve, si dhe pajisjeve për eksploziv dhe ndezje. Elemente të tilla janë hasur edhe në operacione të tjera hibride që i janë atribuuar Rusisë.
Gazeta “Welt am Sonntag” raportoi se gjurmët e ADN-së të gjetura në konstruksionin e antenës së njërit prej dronëve, dhanë indicie të rëndësishme që i çuan hetuesit te të dyshuarit. Gazeta “Bild” raportoi qysh në gusht për ekzistencën e këtyre gjurmëve të ADN-së. Ato përputhen me një gjurmë të identifikuar më herët në lidhje me zjarrvënien në qendrën logjistike të kompanisë DHL në Lajpcih, më 20 korrik 2024.
Ndaj personave që lidhen me këtë sabotim, janë duke u zhvilluar procese gjyqësore në Poloni dhe në Lituani. Një prej të akuzuarve është shtetasi rus, Aleksandar Bezrukavji, i cili u ekstradua nga Bosnje dhe Hercegovina.
Kamioni nga Serbia në Gjermani?
The Bild newspaper reported in late September that German authorities are searching for weapons that are suspected of having entered Germany via Serbia. The newspaper says it has access to confidential documents, according to which, a day after the arrest of the two men near Subotica, an intelligence service warned Serbian authorities about a truck from Serbia that was suspected of having hidden compartments specifically designed for smuggling weapons.
According to the newspaper “Bild”, the truck was stopped on June 27 on a highway in Bavaria, but the secret compartments were found empty. German services are verifying whether the cargo had been unloaded earlier and where it may be now. According to the newspaper’s information, the weapons may have been intended for an attack on a military industry company in Bavaria, which plays an important role in supporting Ukraine.
In response to the Leipzig incident, the German government, among other things, closed the Russian Consulate General in Bonn. Moscow responded by closing several branches of the Goethe Institute in Russia, while Russian President Vladimir Putin called Germany's decision a "serious mistake" that, according to him, was "contrary to the interests of the German people."
The Bavarian case is not the only one that has put German security services on high alert. More than a month ago, media outlets such as NDR and the Suddeutsche Zeitung reported on a secret weapons cache on the outskirts of Berlin. A professionally built underground shelter was discovered in a forest on the border between Brandenburg and Berlin, inside which weapons were found.
According to information from the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution, it was a warehouse of Russian intelligence services. The pistols were allegedly intended for agents who would carry out attacks on German territory. In connection with this case, a suspect was arrested in Romania in the fall of 2025, while the German Federal Prosecutor's Office is conducting investigations into the preparation of a serious act of violence that endangers the state. /REL
