The KoSSev news portal said that two people were injured by an explosive device in Mitrovica North late on Monday night.

It quoted deputy Kosovo Police commander Region North Veton Elsani who said that a hand grenade blast injured two people and damaged seven vehicles outside a hotel in the northern predominantly Serb half of the divided northern city. Elsani said one person suffered serious but not life-threatening injuries.

KoSSev said EULEX and KFOR personnel were deployed at the site of the blast.