Two explosions took place on the evening of 28 November at the headquarters of the pro-presidential Otan party in Almaty. A 20-year-old passerby was hospitalized with light injuries. A source in the Emergency Situations Ministry told the news agency that the explosives, the equivalent of 300-400 grams of TNT, were planted on a telephone switchboard on the building and on a first-floor windowsill. Bolatkhan Taizhan, a high-ranking Otan adviser, told RFE/RL\'s Kazakh Service that extremists could be behind the attack. He said, \"Despite differences in their views, all [political] parties [in Kazakhstan] say that the main thing is to maintain stability in Kazakhstan.... This is what the leadership and members of opposition parties say as well. That\'s why I think the blasts could be accidental. But one shouldn\'t be surprised if they turn out to be the work of extremists.\" President Nazarbaev heads Otan. (RFE/RL)