Incident Reports

Dozens injured as demonstrators clash with police in Jumla

2018-07-19

Dozens including students and nurses have been injured in a clash with security personnel at Karnali Academy of Health Sciences. Hundreds of police officials deployed under the direction of the Minister for Internal Affairs and Law Naresh Bhandari barged into the hospital and started thrashing demonstrators with batons. According to our district correspondent DB Buda, over two dozens including nurses, civil society, leaders and locals, who were staging protests against the government’s decision, have been injured. 
Details and Impacts
Violent / Non-violent Violent
Onesided / Twosided Twosided
Collective / Interpersonal Collective
Primary Form Group Clash
Weapons Blunt weapon
Primary Cause Other governance issues
Actor 1 - Number of people 100
Actor 1 - Affiliations Police
Actor 1 - Youth unknown
Actor 2 - Number of people 50
Actor 2 - Affiliation Health sector/health workers, doctors
Actor 2 - Youth unknown
Total Injured 24
National/Online Media , INSEC , Local Newspaper - Dhanusha , Local Newspaper - Jumla

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