24 Nov 2008

Trio of Germans arrested in Kosovo 'are secret agents'

Diplomatic relations between Germany and the new state of Kosovo have been put under strain by the arrest of three German secret service agents near the site of a bomb attack on the European Union representative office in the capital Pristina.

The Kosovo anti-terrorism authorities have accused the three Germans of being involved in planting the bomb, and arrested the trio last week.
An initial statement from Pristina said, “The Germans are neither diplomats, policemen, soldiers, nor experts with international identification.”
But it has emerged, according to a report in this weekend’s Der Spiegel, that the men are all agents in the Bundesnachrichtendienst, the German overseas secret service.  The Local