Incident Reports

Bomb explodes near NC programme venue in Nawalparasi

2017-05-11

Gandaki, Nawalparasi West, Kawasoti, Ward 3

A bomb went off near a programme venue of Nepali Congress at Purano Kawasoti Bazaar in Nawalparsi district on Thursday. The bomb exploded while Amrit Shrestha, a ward chairman candidate from the NC, was addressing the programme at Kawasoti Municipality ward-3. Locals were left panic stricken and forced to flee the venue following the incident that occurred at around 6:30 pm today. नवलपरासीको पुरानो कावासोती बजारमा नेपाली कांग्रेसको चुनावी सभालाई लक्षित गरी बम बिस्फोट भएको छ । बिष्फोटबाट मानविय क्षति भने भएको छैन । कावासोती नगरपालिका वडा नंम्बर ३ मा कांग्रेसवाट वडा अध्यक्षको उम्मेदवार अमृत श्रेष्ठले कोणसभा गरिरहेको अवस्थामा १०० मिटरको दुरीमा बम बिस्फोट भएको प्रहरीले जनाएको छ । ठुलो आवाजमा बम बिस्फोट भएपछि भागदौड मच्चिएको थियो । बम बिस्फोट भएको प्रहरी टोली पुगिसकेको डीएसपी राजेश थापाले बताए ।
Details and Impacts
Violent / Non-violent Violent
Onesided / Twosided Onesided
Collective / Interpersonal Collective
Primary Form Remote violence
Weapons Improvised explosive device (IED)
Primary Cause Election-related incident
Actor 1 - Number of people 5
Actor 1 - Affiliations Unclear
Actor 1 - Youth unknown
Actor 2 - Number of people 12
Actor 2 - Affiliation (Target) Nepali Congress and affiliated org
Actor 2 - Youth unknown
National/Online Media

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