Kosovo has released 3 German nationals it had earlier arrested on suspicion of plotting a bomb attack on the European Union offices.
A panel of UN judges on Friday ordered Pristina police to free the three men for what they described as `lack of substantial evidence` to continue holding the men.
"All three Germans have been released from detention because they are innocent. They can now go back to their country," the suspects` lawyer, Adem Ademi, said.
The three were released Friday evening and flew to Germany early Saturday.
The case attracted widespread attention after Der Spiegel newsmagazine and the Sueddeutsche Zeitung daily reported Saturday that the three were agents working for the Germany Federal Intelligence Agency (BND).
Kosovar police detained the men on Wednesday, alleging that they were the masterminds behind an attack on the European Union`s headquarters in Pristina on November 14, which left no casualties.
Germany denied its secret agents had any involvement in the incident.
On Friday, Kosovar investigators said that none of the German trio was diplomat, police, soldier or expert with international identification.
Meanwhile, a spokesman for Chancellor Angela Merkel, Thomas Steg said that "The federal government was always certain of the innocence of the three Germans."
Kosovo declared independence from Serbia in February. Pristina, Belgrade, the UN and EU are currently wrangling over the conditions for the deployment of the EU mission, the Eulex, comprising 2,000 police, judicial and customs officials.
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