Incident Reports

Pressure cooker bomb found beneath ballot box, voting halted for an hour in Taplejung

2017-11-26

Province 1, Taplejung, Aathrai Tribeni, Ward 3

Voting at polling center in Saraswati secondary school of Aathrai rural municipality-3 was halted for an hour after a pressure cooker bomb was found beneath the polling booth on Sunday. Voting resumed after the bomb disposal unit of Nepal Army defused the bomb. ताप्लेजुङको एक मतदान केन्द्रमा मतपेटिका राखिएको स्थलमुनि बम गाडेको भेटिएको छ । आठराई गाउँपालिका-३ सरस्वती माविको हाङपाङ निर्वाचन केन्द्रमा मतपेटिकामुनि प्रेसर कुकुर बम भेटिएपछि १ घण्टाका लागि मतदान स्थगित गरिएको जिल्लाका मुख्य निर्वाचन अधिकृत कृपासुर कार्कीले जानकारी दिएका छन् । बम रहेको स्थलमा हाल नेपाली सेनाको बम डिस्पोजल टोलीले बम डिस्पोजल गर्दै गरेको र बम हटाएपछि पुन निर्वाचन सुरु हुने निर्वाचन अधिकृत कार्कीले बताए ।
Details and Impacts
Violent / Non-violent Violent
Onesided / Twosided Onesided
Collective / Interpersonal Collective
Primary Form Symbolic violence
Weapons Improvised explosive device (IED)
Primary Cause Election-related incident
Actor 1 - Number of people NA
Actor 1 - Affiliations Unclear
Actor 1 - Youth unknown
Actor 2 - Number of people NA
Actor 2 - Affiliation (Target) Group of civilians (only Target)
Actor 2 - Youth na
National/Online Media , Police website

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