Assassin Claims Intelligence Link to Kosovo Murders

Nazim Bllaca

A video of a man who claims to have worked for Kosovo’s unofficial secret service has been released in which he claims to been involved in a string of post-war political murders, attempted murders and beatings.

The DVD of Nazim Bllaca, who is from a village near Lipjan, on the outskirts of Pristina, was made public by Gani Geci, parliamentarian for the opposition Democratic League of Dardania, this weekend.

Geci had handed the DVD to the EU rule-of-law mission in Kosovo, EULEX, one month ago, but decided to make the information public as he believed the investigation was progressing too slowly. EULEX confirmed that enquiries were ongoing.

Bllaca also went public on Sunday by talking to the media outside parliament.

He claimed to have worked from 1999 to 2003 for Intelligence Service of Kosovo, SHIK, which served the KLA until the end of the conflict in Kosovo, and which is seen as being most closely associated with the governing Democratic Party of Kosovo, PDK, of Prime Minister Hashim Thaci. SHIK claimed in June 2008 that it officially disbanded.

During his time as agent Seiko, Bllaca alleges he was involved in 17 murders, attempted murders, beatings and other criminal acts. He said that SHIK had told him the targets were members of the Serbian intelligence service, UDB, but that he later realised they were just members of the Democratic League of Kosovo, which is currently in the government coalition with PDK.

He listed a string of senior SHIK figures with whom he interacted and who are members of the government or high-ranking PDK officials.

The PDK has dismissed the accusations, branding them politically motivated, and has called for a speedy investigation into the matter.

Kosovo police said the affair is being investigated by EULEX.