Incident Reports

Suspicious item found in Kankai bridge in Jhapa

2019-05-12

Province 1, Jhapa, Kankai

A pressure cooker wrapped by a paper believed to be an improvised explosive devise was found on the bridge over Kankai river in Jhapa on Sunday.

Locals informed the police after seeing the suspicious item. Police cordoned the area and summoned bomb disposal unit of the Nepalese Army from Shrinath Gan in Charali, according to DPO Jhapa spokesperson Mahendra Kumar Shrestha.

Details and Impacts
Violent / Non-violent Violent
Onesided / Twosided Onesided
Collective / Interpersonal Interpersonal
Primary Form Symbolic violence
Weapons Improvised explosive device (IED)
Primary Cause Unclear
Actor 1 - Number of people N
Actor 1 - Affiliations Unclear
Actor 1 - Youth na
Actor 2 - Number of people N
Actor 2 - Affiliation (Target) Group of civilians (only Target)
Actor 2 - Youth na
National/Online Media

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