Incident Reports

Woman injured in husband's knife attack

2015-11-15

Bagmati, Ramechhap, Ramechhap, Ward 8

A woman from Priti VDC-8 in Ramechhap has been seriously injured after being attacked with a knife by her husband on Thursday night. According to local Man Bahadur Khatri, 24-year-old Sushila Tamang was stabbed in the face and different parts of her body by her husband, Tulsiram Khanal during a dispute. Sushila's in-laws fled to police station at Priti vdc to save themselves and report the incident to police right on thursday night. When the in-laws came back on Friday morning with police they found that Sushila was lying unconscious with different wound marks on her face and her 14-month-old daughter was crying beside her. The unconscious victim was sent to a local health-post for treatment. Meanwhile, police arrested the attacker on Friday afternoon and are further investigating into the incident. 
Details and Impacts
Violent / Non-violent Violent
Onesided / Twosided Onesided
Collective / Interpersonal Interpersonal
Primary Form Murder/attempted Murder
Weapons Sharp weapon
Primary Cause Domestic violence
Actor 1 - Number of people 1
Actor 1 - Affiliations Family/relative
Actor 1 - Youth noyouth
Actor 2 - Number of people 1
Actor 2 - Affiliation (Target) Family/relative
Actor 2 - Youth youth
Total Injured 1
Female Injured 1
Youth Injured 1
National/Online Media

0 Comments