Slovenian police said Monday they had detained four men allegedly involved in a hand grenade attack in Kranj that left eight injured, two of them seriously.

- The grenade attack followed a dispute over a woman - in a discotheque in Kranj, in central Slovenia, police told a news conference, adding that the four detained suspects had allegedly tried to leave the country and escape to Croatia.

The suspects, with ages ranging from 20 to 39 years, were detained in Metlika, on the southeastern border with Croatia, police said.

The attack with an M75 hand grenade took place early on Sunday in front of a hotel and discotheque in Kranj, some 30 kilometres (19 miles) north of the capital Ljubljana.

Earlier this year another hand grenade was launched in front of Kranj's police station, not far from the spot where Sunday's attack took place.