Reuters reports on the Iber Lepenc explosion: Serbia denies it is involved, Djuric accuses Kurti

News agency “ He reported an attack on the water channel at Zubin Potok last night.. The report has started with efforts to supply water and electricity, as well as increased security, that were threatened after the attack.

The attack has been described as a terrorist act, and for that, authorities have pointed to Serbia.

Serbia's Foreign Minister, Marko Djuric, has denied Belgrade's involvement in the attack, naming it the baseless “ ”, even accusing Prime Minister Albin Kurti of involvement without any evidence, Express reports.

The additional measures taken by the Republic of Kosovo Security Council have also been cited to strengthen security around critical facilities and services such as bridges, trafostations, antennas, lakes, channels, etc.

Reuters has spoken of the former KEK director Arben Djukaj, who has said that cutting water into that location will affect energy production as well.

The “those who made this attack are not just ordinary criminals, this is done by a well-organised structure that I know very well that the water outage in that location will also affect energy production,” has declared, adding “The situation is very critical”.

Prime Minister Albin Kurti addressed citizens through a news conference in the late hours.

For this attack, he pointed his finger at Serbia.

“Stonte had to gather at this late hour here in the prime minister, inform the public opinion of the recent serious, criminal, terrorist and malicious attacks that are continuing to come, we believe in our northern neighbour, aggressive and hostile”, Kurti said.

He cited recent hand grenades attacks at the Zvecan police station and the launch of explosive vehicles near the Zvecan municipality.

Kurti said that part of Iber Lepenc's canal has been damaged by this explosion and that the supply of water has been temporarily cut off.

This is a criminal and terrorist attack that has been intended to damage our critical infrastructure, perhaps even the most important one we have, and it was undoubtedly an attempt to jeopardise the power and water supply in our country”, Kurti added.

He urged citizens to be calm and consistently follow instructions and reports from Kosovo Republic institutions

“For our strong conviction there can be no other address for responsibility and guilt, for organising and orchestrating this attack other than official Belgrade and their criminal structures, which, at the top, Milan Radojciqicin, are supported by Serbian institutions, and by Serbia's President Aleksandar Vuciq. He was detained to be released and is now free in Serbia and conducted with the paramilitary and criminal elements there, criminals of peace and war criminals who hate our Republic and our people throughout”, Kurti said.

He thanked international partners, the United States and the European Union for their support of the country, as he warned of meetings with KFOR Commander and extraordinary meeting of the Republic of Kosovo Security Council.

Let's be together with state institutions, with our police, with our official bodies that will tell us in real time about everything. These criminals and terrorists will never defeat us, because the power of the right law in the democratic Republic of Kosovo will prevail again”, Kurti said.

For the explosion, Kosovo President Vjosa Osmani reacted.

She said that international security partners have immediately offered their assistance even to the damage caused and to water supply and also “for investigating this act against the state of our citizens”.

I invite citizens to continue to show calm and caution until our institutions are dealing with the investigation of the case and the amount of damage to higher professionalism. In addition to our institutions, our international security partners have immediately offered their help with the sanctions of damage caused and water supply and also for investigating this act against the state of our citizens”, Osmani wrote.