Thursday 17 November 2016 13:53, UK
Police in Kosovo have said officers prevented simultaneous attacks last weekend by the Islamic State group, including on the Israel football team that played in neighbouring Albania.
They said 18 people were arrested in Kosovo and six more in Albania or Macedonia.
At the suspects' homes and premises police found explosive devices, weapons and electronic equipment.
The groups in the three countries, coordinated by two Albanians who are part of the IS terror group in Syria, had "clear targets on who and when should be attacked", police said.
The venue for the World Cup Qualifier, which Israel won 3-0, was changed for "security reasons" from the northern city of Shkoder, near the border with Montenegro, to Elbasan, much nearer to the capital Tirana.
A police statement said plans were in place to attack Saturday evening's match and, at the same time, another target in Kosovo.
Nineteen people were detained in Kosovo on November 4, of whom one has since been released, police there said.
