PRISTINA- Germany declined to comment on Saturday on reports that three Germans arrested on suspicion of throwing explosives at an EU office in Kosovo were intelligence officers.
The explosive charge was thrown on November 14th at the International Civilian Office, the office of EU special representative Pieter Feith, who oversees Kosovo's governance, but caused only minor damage. The men were detained last Thursday.
A spokesman for the German foreign ministry in Berlin confirmed that three Germans had been arrested, but declined to make any further comment as an investigation was under way.
A police source in Kosovo said they were members of the BND, Germany's intelligence agency, but gave no further details.
German weekly Der Spiegelalso said the men worked for the BND, and reported that they had told investigators they had been examining the scene of the explosion, but had not been involved in it.
Der Spiegelsaid the BND agents had not been officially registered with Kosovo authorities, which would have secured them diplomatic immunity. - (Reuters)