Could this have been a jihad plot? The aim was to launch “an armed rebellion to create a separate region.” It was “allegedly organized with help of groups from Kosovo and initiated and funded by members of the Albanian diaspora from Detroit.” This isn’t conclusive, of course, but with jihadists active in Kosovo, it cannot be ruled out.
From BIRN, with thanks to Anonymous Orthodox:
PODGORICA — The trial of 18 Albanians from Montenegro accused of preparing terror attacks started Monday in Podgorica.
Special Prosecutor for organized crime Stojanka Radović has charged the group with associating in order to prepare acts of violence against the constitution and the state security.
The prosecutor said the accused men set up a criminal group in Malesija, a predominantly Albanian region near Podgorica, with the aim of launching an armed rebellion to create a separate region.
The rebellion was allegedly organized with help of groups from Kosovo and initiated and funded by members of the Albanian diaspora from Detroit, in the U.S., the prosecutor said….