Incident Reports

Bomb hurled at staff transporting ballot boxes

2017-11-26

Lumbini, Rukum East, Sani Bheri, Ward 6

An unidentified group hurled bomb at staff transporting ballot boxes from Chaurjahari to Musikot, the district’s head quarter. The bomb detonated at Ghartikada of Chaurjahari municipality-6. Police said that the bomb exploded at 9:50 PM yesterday. Following yesterday’s election of House of Representatives and Provincial Assembly, staff were carrying ballot boxes from wards 6, 10, 11, 12, 13 and 14 of the municipality. As the bomb exploded on road, staff reported to be safe and the ballot boxes didn’t suffer damage. Following the incident, the ballot boxes were stored at area police office of Chaurjahari and are scheduled to arrive at the district headquarter today, Tej Prasad Paudel, assistant election officer said, adding that ballots boxes from all the voting centers are on their way to Musikot. To ensure safety, the Office of the Chief Election Officer has made arrangements to store the boxes at District Coordination Committee. चौरजहारीबाट जिल्ला सदरमुकाम मुसीकोट खलंगा ल्याउँदै गरेको मतपेटिका बोकेका कर्मचारीहरुलाई लक्षित बम विस्फोट भएको छ । पश्चिम रुकुमको चौरजहारी नगरपालिका वडा नं. ६ घर्तीकाँडामा बम विस्फोट भएको हो । आइतबार साँझ ९ः५० बजे बम प्रहार भएको स्थानीय प्रशासनले जानकारी दिएको छ । उक्त टोलीले चौरजहारी नगरपालिकाका ६, १०, ११, १२, १३ र १४ वटाका मतपेटीकाहरु ल्याइँदै थियो । बाटोमाथि बम परेकाले मतपेटिका र कमर्चारहरुलाई क्षति पुगेको छैन । बम प्रहार भएपछि उक्त मतपेटीकाहरु इलाकार प्रहरी कार्यालय चौरजहारीमा लगिएको थियो । उक्त मतपेटिकाहरु आज जिल्ला सदरमुकाम ल्याउने सहायक निर्वाचन अधिकृत तेजप्रसाद पौडेलले जानकारी दिए । उनका अनुसार मत पेटीकाहरु जिल्ला सदरमुकाम मुसीकोट खलंगा आउने क्रम जारी छ । यहाँका मतहरु सुरक्षा व्यवस्थाका साथ जिल्ला समन्वय समितिमा राखिने मुख्य निर्वाचन अधिकृतको कार्यालयले जनाएको छ । निर्वाचनविरोधी गतिविधि गर्नेले उक्त बम प्रहार गरेको हुन सक्ने प्रहरी प्रशासनले अनुमान गरेको छ ।
Details and Impacts
Violent / Non-violent Violent
Onesided / Twosided Onesided
Collective / Interpersonal Collective
Primary Form Remote violence
Weapons Improvised explosive device (IED)
Primary Cause Election-related incident
Actor 1 - Number of people 5
Actor 1 - Affiliations Unclear
Actor 1 - Youth unknown
Actor 2 - Number of people 10
Actor 2 - Affiliation (Target) Local authorities (incl VDC, district, gov. line agencies at local level except education and health)
Actor 2 - Youth unknown
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