PRISTINA: Kosovo's government is blaming what it calls "paramilitary anarchists" for setting fire to a car owned by a minister's family.

The government issued a statement Wednesday denouncing what it called "an unprecedented criminal attack ... aiming at creating an atmosphere of violence and fear."

The car, which was burned overnight in Pristina, belonged to the family of Agriculture Minister Memli Krasniqi. The statement suggested the incident was part of a pattern of actions by its opponents.

Since September, the opposition has disrupted Parliament with tear gas, pepper spray, whistles and water bottles to reject a deal between Kosovo and Serbia, reached last year, which gives more powers to ethnic Serbs in Kosovo. The opposition also rejects a border demarcation pact with Montenegro.