Terror suspect reported released

The U.S. Attorney's Office isn't commenting on reports that a man arrested in Kosovo last week on terrorism charges has been released from prison by a European Union judge.

Bajram Asllani, 29, of Kosovo was arrested last Thursday in Kosovo and charged with conspiring with eight other North Carolina men to provide material support to terrorists. Asllani was arrested at the request of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District.

On Thursday, the U.S. attorney's office said it reached an agreement with Kosovar authorities to extradite Asllani to the United States to face charges. But according to Reuters news agency, Judge Agnieszka Kolowiecka-Milar of the European Union Rule of Law Mission denied the extradition request, ruling that Kosovo doesn't have an extradition treaty with the U.S.

A spokesperson for George E.B. Holding, the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina, declined to comment on the case on Monday.

Asllani, also known as Ebu Hatab, solicited money from Hysen Sherifi, a North Carolina based Kosovar native, to establish a base in Kosovo to wage jihad, according to a criminal complaint. On Friday he was released with the promise to report to Kosovo police twice a week.

Sherifi and six other N.C. men are in prison awaiting trial on terrorism-related charges.