Incident Reports

Socket bomb planted at Rajbiraj shop, defused

2017-04-17

Madhes, Saptari, Rajbiraj

A socket bomb planted at a shop in Rajbiraj, the district headquarters of Saptari district, has been defused by Nepal Army on Monday. The explosive was planted at the Om Shree Roshan Emporium two days ago and a military team deployed from the Krishna Dal Battalion under the command of Captain Tika Singh Bista defused it, according to police. It has been said that the Jaya Krishna Goit-led Janatantrik Tarai Mukti Morcha-Krantikari put the bomb in a bid to terrorise locals in the run-up to the May 14 local level elections. राजविराज नपा-७ गजेन्द्र चोकस्थित रोशन इम्पोरियममा फेला परेको सकेट बमलाई राजविराज नपा-२ स्थित श्री कृष्ण दल गणबाट गएको नेपाली सेनाको टोलीले वैशाख ४ गते निष्क्रृय पारेको छ । राष्ट्रिय बाणिज्य बैङ्क छेउमै रहेको रमेश शारडाको कपडा पसलमा सकेट बम फेला परेपछि व्यापारी तथा नगरबासी आतंकित बनेका छन् । तराईमा सशस्त्र सङ्घर्षरत जयकृष्ण गोइत नेतृत्वको जनतान्त्रिक तराई मुक्ति मोर्चा (क्रान्तिकारी) ले वैशाख ३ गते नै इमेलमार्फत केही पत्रकारहरूलाई बम राखेको जानकारी गराएपछि खोज्ने क्रममा राति सकेट बम फेला परेको थियो । बमको आङ्तकले शारडासहित चोकका अधिकांश पसलहरू बन्द रहेका छन् ।
Details and Impacts
Violent / Non-violent Violent
Onesided / Twosided Onesided
Collective / Interpersonal Collective
Primary Form Symbolic violence
Weapons Improvised explosive device (IED)
Primary Cause Election-related incident
Secondary Cause Collective tensions related to regional identities
Actor 1 - Number of people 3
Actor 1 - Affiliations Tarai-based Armed Groups
Actor 1 - Youth unknown
Actor 2 - Number of people 1
Actor 2 - Affiliation (Target) Citizen/Individuals
Actor 2 - Youth unknown
Other Sources , INSEC , Local Newspaper - Chitwan , Local Newspaper - Parsa , Local Newspaper - Saptari , Local Newspaper - Dhanusha

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