New Front Flaring Up: Explosion Damaged Strategic Infrastructure In Kosovo

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On the evening of November 29th, a major emergency took place in Kosovo. An explosion damaged the canal that supplies water to the two main power plants that provide electricity to almost the entire Republic.

According to the head of the Kosovo water company an explosive device was thrown into the canal, which damaged the wall of the bridge. He said that the water supply, including supplies of drinking water to the capital Pristina, should be stopped in order to eliminate the problem as soon as possible, since this is the main supply channel for the Kosovo Energy Corporation, the main electricity supplier in the country.

Kosovo Albanian Prime Minister Albin Kurti called the incident a terrorist attack “aimed at destroying critical infrastructure” but the local authorities have not yet provided any data on the causes and consequences of the explosion and victims.

Kosovo Interior Minister claimed that eight suspects in the explosion were arrested tonight in the north of the country (of course) near the border with Serbia. As part of the investigation, a “huge arsenal of weapons” was reportedly confiscated. Under the pretext of the incident, the Kosovo security forces staged raids in Zubin Potok, Zvecan, Leposavich and Kosovska Mitrovica. Searches are ongoing in Kosovo and Metohija, and the forces of the KFOR NATO contingent have been deployed to the north of the region.

Illustrative Image: A member of the Kosovo Police Special Unit near the village of Cabra during the May 28, 2019 raids in the predominantly Serb north of Kosovo. IMAGE: AFP / Armend Nimani

As expected, Serbia was blamed for allegedly being behind the attack. The Kosovo Interior Ministry claims that the explosives came “from Serbian warehouses.” However, no evidence of Belgrade’s involvement in the incident has been provided. Kurti is expected to demand the West to punish Belgrade. The EU Ambassador to Kosovo has already condemned the sabotage at the water utility, which “deprived a significant part of Kosovo of water supply.”

Local sources suppose that the explosion was an false flag operation aimed to blame Belgrade and soften up the ground for further escalation. The details of the incident are yet to be revealed bu the local media rushed to point the suspect accusing Serbia without any evidence and fueled hysteria claiming heavy damage to critical infrastructure. Despite the claims by the head of the local Interior Ministry that the explosive were allegedly taken from Serbian warehouses, in fact, they could be easily taken in the black market or be simple IEDs.

Earlier on Friday, the Kosovo police announced increased security measures following two recent attacks in which hand grenades were thrown at a police station and a municipality building in northern Kosovo, where ethnic Serbs live.

Another wave of escalation is expected in Kosovo. The provocation is particularly timely now when all the battlefields are ‘surprisingly’ set in a blaze, including in Ukraine, Georgia, Syria.

The culprits are yet to be revealed. Meanwhile, the local reporters recalled that Britain has recently completed the training of Kosovo security forces in “intelligence and sabotage activities” and their advanced course in military engineering.

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