Four suspects were arrested in Kosovo and Germany on Friday for plotting to stage terrorist attacks in the Balkan country, officials said. The raids were held simultaneously in both countries, with three suspects detained in Kosovo and one in Germany. It was not clear whether the four suspects, all Kosovans, had terrorist links, a prosecutor in charge of the case said. All four Kosovo nationals were "planning attacks against targets inside Kosovos territory," prosecutor Syle Hoxha told AFP. The suspect arrested in Germany was said to be in contact with the group in Kosovo. A statement by the Kosovan police said those arrested had been planning "criminal acts against the constitutional order and security of Kosovo (that are) related to terrorism." The homes of the three suspects arrested in southern and western Kosovo were raided and some weaponry as well as ammunition were seized, it said. The fourth member of the group was simultaneously arrested by German authorities on an international warrant issued by Pristina, the statement said without elaborating on the location of the arrest. The identities of the arrested were not revealed. In early June, Pristina authorities arrested a man and a woman, both Kosovo nationals, suspected of planning "terrorist attacks" on NATO troops, as well as on public places in France and Belgium. Kosovo authorities claim that no people have joined terror groups in the past couple of years but still about 160 of the countrys citizens are active in extremist groups in Syria and Iraq.
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