Incident Reports

Unidentified group torches Kantipur Daily pickup van

2015-12-27

Madhes, Parsa, Birgunj

An unidentified group has torched a pickup van with being number plate Na 13, Cha 495 carrying Kantipur daily newspapers at Tribhuvan Rajpath's Parwanipur chowk of Parsa district on Sunday morning. Inspector Sesh Adalat, who had visited the incident site, informed that unidentified group set a fire on pick up the van in a pre-planned manner while returning after dispatching the newspapers. The fire was taken under control with the support of Parsa District Police Office and Armed Police Force of Industry Security Battalion. 
Details and Impacts
Violent / Non-violent Violent
Onesided / Twosided Onesided
Collective / Interpersonal Interpersonal
Primary Form Arson
Weapons Fire
Primary Cause Issues related to freedom of expression and civil rights
Actor 1 - Number of people 8
Actor 1 - Affiliations Citizen/Individuals
Actor 1 - Youth na
Actor 2 - Number of people n/a
Actor 2 - Affiliation (Target) Journalist/Media
Actor 2 - Youth na
Totally damaged Vehicles 1
Severely damaged Vehicles 1
National/Online Media

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