Hand grenade explodes outside Kosovo court building

Pristina, 18 November 2015 (MIA) - Police and bomb squad units surrounded Kosovo's Constitutional Court on Wednesday after a hand grenade exploded outside the building, a Reuters witness said.

On Tuesday, opposition lawmakers fired tear gas and pepper spray in parliament and police clashed with rock-throwing protesters as a political crisis over relations with Serbia - from which Kosovo unilaterally declared independence in 2008 - deepened.

The grenade was thrown into the back yard of the complex in central Pristina, a senior police official said. The witness said there appeared to be no casualties.

The official, who declined to be named, gave no further details about the explosion or who might have been responsible.

Kosovo's parliamentary opposition is demanding the government scrap a European Union-brokered deal to regulate ties between Serbia and Kosovo.

Kosovo's president has sought a ruling from the court on whether the deal was in line with the constitution. The court is due to issue its ruling in the next few weeks.