A leader of Kyrgyzstan’s oppositional movement that has pushed for a constitutional change by staging recent street protests has survived a grenade attack on his home, Russian news agency ITAR-TASS reported on Monday.

According to the agency, unidentified criminals threw two hand grenades into Isu Omurkulov’s house. The grenades caused an explosion on the second floor and partial destruction of the roof. No one was injured in the attack because Omurkulov had taken the whole family to the relatives` place lately.

Omurkulov was one of the organizers of the opposition rally in the nation’s capital of Bishkek in November. The opposition pushed for changes in the constitution that reduce President Kurmanbek Bakiyev’s powers. Bakiyev singed the new constitution on November 9.

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