On July 28, 2025, the Basic Court in Prishtina had issued a guilty verdict against Dejan Pantiq, Milun Milenkoviq and Aleksander Vlajiq. Under that ruling, Pantiq had been sentenced to 2 years in prison, while Milenkoviq and Vllajiq were each sentenced to 5 years, whereas Miomir Vakiq was acquitted, “Betimi për Drejtësi” reports.

In connection with this case, the Court of Appeals had held a hearing on April 28, 2026 to hear the parties’ appeal claims.

The second-instance decision was taken by the judicial panel composed of Ferit Osmani as presiding judge, and Albina Shabani-Rama and Avni Mehmeti as members.

Meanwhile, it is worth recalling that on June 5, 2026, Vllajiq was also found guilty by the Basic Court in Prishtina of the criminal offense of espionage and was sentenced to 5 years in prison after admitting that he had been an agent of the BIA.

As for the accused Milun Milenkoviq, the Appeals Court assessed his defense appeal and found that the operative part of the decision does not need to expressly contain the form of guilt, as long as it provides a clear description of the criminal offense together with all relevant facts and circumstances.

According to the Appeals Court, in this case the form of guilt is not determined only formally through terms such as “direct intent” or “eventual intent,” but emerges from the factual description of the defendant’s actions, the manner in which they were carried out, his behavior before, during and after the act, as well as from the totality of the evidence examined during the trial.

The Court of Appeals also found that the evidence presented in the first-instance trial is not separate from one another, but forms an uninterrupted chain of evidence.

From the interconnection of this evidence, according to the Appeals Court, it follows that Milun Milenkoviq was present at all key moments of the event: during the group’s gathering phase, at the moment of escalation near the emergency vehicle, and then in the coordinated movement toward the building that was attacked.

In its decision, the Appeals Court stressed that it fully accepts as correct and well-founded the findings of the Basic Court, assessing that it was proven beyond reasonable doubt that Milenkoviq was not only present at the scene, but had actively participated in the organized attack on the offices of the Municipal Election Commission in North Mitrovica.

The Appeals Court likewise described as unfounded the claim that Milenkoviq’s guilt is not supported by material or personal evidence, reasoning that the case evidence creates a logical and uninterrupted sequence leading to the conclusion that he participated in committing the terrorist offense.

For the accused Aleksandër Vllajiq, the Appeals Court found that the first-instance court had convincingly established his presence at the scene on December 6, 2022, acting jointly with the other accused in this criminal case, Milenkoviq, as well as with other suspects still at large.

According to the decision, the first-instance court had established a consistent, clear factual situation supported by interconnected evidence that complements one another and rules out any reasonable doubt that Vllajiq’s presence was passive or accidental.

From all the evidence, the decision states, it follows that Aleksandar Vllajiq was at the scene, observed, took photographs, communicated by phone at the decisive moment of the arrival of police and election officials, and also helped further mobilize the crowd.

For this reason, the Appeals Court assessed that the factual situation had been clarified correctly, fully and reliably, while the defense claims fail to overturn the first-instance court’s conclusion either on factual grounds or on logical and legal grounds.

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S.M. asked the trial panel for the hearing not to be open, arguing that the identity of Millaku’s children, who had been witnesses during the proceedings, must be protected.

The same proposal was also made by the defense counsel for the accused, lawyer Mirvete Hashani, for the same reasons, but this request was opposed by Millaku herself.

“I want them to be public, so that others know everything I suffered in that house as well. From my side, I accept the journalists; I am the victim here, not them. I endured for 30 years,” the accused Millaku declared.

Despite this, the presiding judge of the Appeals panel, Xhevdet Abazi, announced that the hearing would be held behind closed doors in order to protect the interests of Millaku’s children.

In this case, the judicial panel consists of Xhevdet Abazi as presiding judge, Kadrije Goga-Lubishtani as reporting judge, and Skender Çoçaj as member.

Present at the hearing were the accused Nazmije Millaku together with her defense counsel, lawyer Mirvete Hashani, as well as the injured party S.M. Meanwhile, no one from the Appellate Prosecution was present.

Otherwise, on March 9, 2026, the Basic Court in Prishtina found Millaku guilty of the criminal offense of “Aggravated Murder” and sentenced her to 20 years in prison. At the same time, she was acquitted of the charge of the criminal offense of “Unauthorized Possession of Weapons,” reports “Oath for Justice.”

According to the indictment of the Basic Prosecution in Prishtina, Nazmije Millaku was charged that on August 20, 2024, in the shared corridor of their houses in Prishtina, in a treacherous manner and for base motives of jealousy, she intentionally deprived her brother-in-law Xh.M. of life. The indictment describes that the defendant had felt disrespected and abandoned by family members, believing that the now deceased had influence.

The indictment also states that the accused had prepared in advance to commit this criminal offense by completing a training course in the use of short firearms, then becoming certified and purchasing a firearm and ammunition. According to the description, she had taken advantage of the moment when other family members were not there and, after seeing the now deceased Xh.M. passing through the house corridor to go to the shared yard, had gone out into the corridor and, in a treacherous manner, fired several times with the aforementioned weapon in his direction, striking him in different parts of the body. As a result of the injuries, the victim died.

The autopsy found that Xh.M.’s death was violent and had occurred as a result of brain destruction and massive internal and external bleeding. It also found 18 wounds caused by 11 shots.

With these actions, she was charged with the criminal offense of “Aggravated Murder” under Article 173, paragraph 1, subparagraph 1.4 of the Criminal Code.

Millaku was also charged that, from December 21, 2023 until August 20, 2024, contrary to the applicable weapons law, she had possessed a firearm, three magazines, and 39 bullets, while, although she had completed the course for using the weapon, she had still not been issued a permit to carry it. According to the indictment, the weapon was found during a search in her bag when she went to the police station, while part of the ammunition was found in her room.

Under these circumstances, she was also charged with the criminal offense of “Unauthorized ownership, control or possession of weapons” under Article 366, paragraph 1 of the Criminal Code.

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