A Serb man has been attacked in northern Kosovska Mitrovica, Radio Kontakt Plus reported on Wednesday.

According to Kontakt plus radio, he was attacked by a group of ethnic Albanians, sustaining light injuries.

The Kosovo police said that the incident happened in the ethnically mixed settlement of Bosnjacka Mahala, on Tuesday afternoon. The victim has been injured and has received medical treatment.

Serbian media in Kosovo reports that an explosive device was thrown in a yard of a house located in Bosniak Mahala in North Mitrovica.

The Office for Kosovo and Metohija asked the competent authorities in Kosovo to urgently determine who committed the attack on Bojan Staletovic in the multi-ethnic settlement of the Bosniak Mahalla in the northern part of Mitrovica, RTS reports.

"We warn that incidents of this kind, besides the Serbs' unrest in Kosovska Mitrovica, can cause an uncontrolled escalation of interethnic violence, which is not in the interest of Serbian and Albanian residents of this city," the statement reads, RTS reports.