By Valentina Dimitrievska in Skopje Eight people have been arrested in connection with what Kosovo police have classified as a terrorist attack on a water channel in northern Kosovo at the end of last week.

Kosovo's Interior minister Xhelal Svecla said on Saturday that police had arrested eight people after an explosion hit a canal that sends water to its two main power plants, an incident Pristina labelled a "terrorist act" by neighbouring Serbia.

Shortly after the incident, Pristina labelled the blast as a “terrorist attack,” accusing neighbouring Serbia for orchestrating it

Eight people have been arrested after a powerful explosion in Kosovo damaged a canal, temporarily stopping power and water supplies to the country's cities. Prime Minister Albin Kurti blamed Friday's blast in Vrage, 37 miles (60km) north of capital Pristina, on groups supported by Serbia.