Albanian language newspaper Koha Ditore reported that “Irfan Haqifi, a kosovar citizen under house arrest, left Kosovo on 15 July and is suspected of having joined ISIL”. He managed to go to the conflict area from a third country during that period of time.
Irfan Haqifi is the brother of Ridvan Haqifi, one of the main commanders of Albanians in Syria, alongside Lavderim Muhaxheri, who only one month earlier threatened the Balkans that he would take vengeance against those "who humiliated the Muslims in Kosovo, Albania, Macedonia, and Bosnia-Herzegovina".
Another Kosovar citizens, Betim Ibrahimaj, suspected for terrorism, also managed to escape from house arrest and is suspected of being in the armed conflict zone in Syria.
In addition to Irfan Haqifi and Betim Ibrahimaj, also Egzon Iseni and Rron Emini left Kosovo, while it is not known when exactly Amir Vuniqi fled the Country.
Both Irfan Haqifi and Betim Ibrahimaj left the territory of Kosovo illegally, but the Kosovo Police have no information about the entry-exit registration system and have not proved whether the same managed to penetrate in the conflict zone in Syria or Iraq.
According to security experts, Haqifi's and Ibrahimaj's escape from house arrest proves the justice system's lack of seriousness in treating terrorism cases.
Florian Qehaja from the Kosovar Center for Security Studies said that the court's and prosecution's experience in dealing with these issues was almost inexistent or very limited.
Last May The New York Times published "How Kosovo Was Turned Into Fertile Ground for ISIS" on how "extremist clerics and secretive associations funded by Saudis and others have transformed a once-tolerant Muslim society into a font of extremism".
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