Hand grenades thrown in Skopje

Two explosions rocked a residential area of the Macedonian capital, Skopje, early on Monday, destroying a car belonging to a bodyguard of the outgoing Prime Minister, Ljubco Georgievski.

Police say that two hand grenades were hurled at the car in the early hours of the morning, wrecking the vehicle and damaging more than 20 others.

No-one was hurt in the blast.

From the newsroom of the BBC World Service