Incident Reports

Bomb scare at half a dozen schools in Valley

2016-09-20

Bagmati, Kathmandu, Kathmandu

(Updated) Threat of bombs in various schools around the Valley has terrorized the people. The bomb terrors have spread across Radiant School of Lalitpur, Kanchanjunga School of Dallu in Kathmandu, Ray School of Bouddha, Akashdeep School, Eastpole School and Manokamana School of Kathmandu. Locals have claimed that sound of some blasts have been heard from the Manokamana school at 3:45am in the morning. A small pamphlet of Young Communist Force Nepal (YCFN) has been found inside the school. "A suspicious object has been found in other three schools as well," AIG Pratap Singh Thapa said to Republica Online. He also added that the police have been conducting tests on those objects. "We have found various suspicious objects. We have been carrying out tests on them. We have also found a small pamphlet of YCFN. The action was taken against the group earlier for torching various vehicles." The police have arrested two people of YCFN. Even though SSP Bikram Singh Thapa confirmed the arrest of two people, but he refused to name them. उपत्यकाका विभिन्न स्कुलमा बम आतंक मच्चिएको छ। प्रहरीका अनुसार ललितपुरको रेडियन्ट स्कुल, काठमाडौंको डल्लुस्थित कञ्चजजंघा स्कुल, बौद्धस्थित राई स्कुल, आकाशदीप स्कुल, इस्टपोल स्कुल र जोरपाटी दक्षिणढोकास्थित मनोकामना स्कुलमा बम आतंक मच्चिएको हो। मनोकामना स्कुलमा आज बिहान ३:४५ बजे केही पड्किएको आवाज सुनिएको स्थानीयले बताएका छन्। त्यहाँबाट योङ कम्युनिस्ट फोर्स नेपालको पर्चा भेटिएको छ। अन्य तीन स्कुलमा भने शंकास्पद वस्तु भेटिएको एआइजी प्रतापसिंह थापाले नागरिकन्युजलाई बताए। प्रहरीले वस्तुको परीक्षण गरिरहेको उनले बताए। 'केही शंकास्पद वस्तु भेटिएको छ। हामी परीक्षण गरिरहेका छौं,' उनले भने, 'ती स्थानबाट योङ कम्युनिस्ट फोर्स नेपालको पर्चा पनि भेटिएको छ।' उक्त समूहलाई विभिन्न सवारीसाधनमा आगजनी गरेको आरोपमा कारबाही पनि गरिएको एआइजी थापाले जानकारी दिए। यता काठमाडौं प्रहरीले योङ कम्युनिस्ट फोर्स नेपालका दुई जनालाई पक्राउ गरेको छ। एसएसपी विक्रम सिंह थापाले पक्राउको पुष्टि गरेपनि नाम सार्वजनिक गर्न मानेनन्। Update.... Police made two suspects public who planted bombs at different schools in the Kathmandu Valley on Tuesday morning. They were involved in organized crimes in the name of political party. During a press conference, the police on Tuesday evening paraded Shankar Lakhe from Dimapokhari, Ramechhap and Chandra Bahadur Tamang from Lampangtar, Sindhuli. Speaking at the conference, Additional Inspector General of Police, Pratap Singh Thapa, said they were found affiliated to the Communist Center (Maoist), All Nepal Independent Students' Centre and Young Communist Force. Eight along with these two were arrested by the police two months back for committing arson on a van of Ideal Model School, Dallu, and a case filed on arson. Later, they were released on general bail from Kathmandu District Court. Mastermind behind the bombing is the coordinator of the Student's Center Min Devkota and coordinator of Young Communist Force Suman Shrestha. The party was formed by the combatants who fled with weapons before then CPN (Maoist) joined the peace process. The Center reporedly had held talks with government in 2069 BS and surrendered the arms to the government two years later. Search for others involved in the bomb blast is continued. They had exploded cylinder bombs at Akashdeep Boarding School and Manakamana Higher Secondary School of Bouddha at 4:00am. Similarly, they had planted bombs at other 7 schools including in Ambassador School, East Pole School and Rai School of Narayantar; Balsanchar School of Bouddha, and Kanchenjungha School of Dallu and Radiat Readers School of Sanepa. The bombs were defused by a disposal team of the Nepal Army on Tuesday afternoon. RSS उपत्यकाका विभिन्न शैक्षिक संस्थाहरुमा मंगलबार विहान विष्फोटक पदार्थ राख्ने कार्यमा संलग्न २ जनालाई पक्राउ गरी महानगरिय प्रहरी कार्यालय रानीपोखरीले पत्रकार सम्मेलन मार्फत सार्वजनिक गरेको छ । पक्राउ पर्नेहरुमा रामेछाप दिमिपोखरी ६ का ३१ बर्षीय शंकर लाखे र सिन्धुली लाम्पाङ्टार ६ का २४ बर्षीय चन्द्रबहादुर तामाङ रहेका छन् । नारायणटारका एम्बेस्डर, ईष्ट पोल र राई स्कुल, बौद्धका बालसंचार, मनकामना उच्च माध्यामिक विद्यालय र आकाश दिपइंग्लिस बोर्डिङ स्कुल, रेडियन्ट रिडर्स एकेडेमी सानेपा र कंचनजंघा डल्लुसमेतका शैक्षिक संस्थाहरुमा बम राखिएको भेटिएको पत्रकार सम्मेलनमा जानकारी दिएको थियो । निजहरु विगतमा पनि विभिन्न शैक्षिक संस्थाहरुको बसमा आगजनी, चन्दा आतंक र चोरीलगायतका आपराधिक क्रियाकलापमा संलग्न रहेको खुल्न आएको सो अवसरमा जानकारी दिइयो । यस सम्बन्धमा प्रहरीले थप आवश्यक अनुसन्धान गरिरहेको छ ।
Details and Impacts
Violent / Non-violent Violent
Onesided / Twosided Onesided
Collective / Interpersonal Collective
Primary Form Symbolic violence
Weapons Improvised explosive device (IED)
Primary Cause Other political issues
Actor 1 - Number of people 2
Actor 1 - Affiliations Other/multiple/unspecified political affiliation
Actor 1 - Youth unknown
Actor 2 - Number of people NA
Actor 2 - Affiliation (Target) Private company
Actor 2 - Youth unknown

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