Incident Reports

Voters injured in a firing by unidentified person in Dolakha

2017-05-14

Bagmati, Dolakha, Baiteshwor

Aler: Dolakha/May 14, Baiteshwor ko Gairmudi kendra ma aparichit byakti le hawai fire garda kehi matdata haru ghaite. Some voters have been injured as an unidentified person opened fire at Gairmudi polling centre in Baitwoshwor area of Dolakha in the early morning on Sunday, Police said. District Police Chief of Dolakha Rabin Karki said that bullets were fired with an intent to capture the polling booth. Nepali Congress, CPN-UML and CPN (Maoist Centre) all blamed each other for the incident and claimed that the injured voters were their cadres.
Details and Impacts
Violent / Non-violent Violent
Onesided / Twosided Onesided
Collective / Interpersonal Collective
Primary Form Assault (small group)
Weapons Small arms
Primary Cause Election-related incident
Actor 1 - Number of people 1
Actor 1 - Affiliations Unclear
Actor 1 - Youth unknown
Actor 2 - Number of people 3
Actor 2 - Affiliation (Target) Citizen/Individuals
Actor 2 - Youth unknown
Total Injured 3
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