ASTANA. May 24 (Interfax) - Early reports suggest that car explosion in Astana in the early hours of Tuesday may have been caused by a spontaneous explosion of an improvised explosive device, the Kazakhstan Interior Ministry said.
The explosive device was "without shrapnel- bolts, nails, screws and so on," the ministry said.
"The said circumstances point to the lack of evidence of a terrorist attack. An inquiry into the explosion is underway, forensic tests are due to be carried out," the statement said.
The bodies of two Caucasian men were found in the car, the ministry said.