Incident Reports

Socket bomb found at mayoral candidate's residence in Gathaghar

2017-05-14

Bagmati, Bhaktapur, Madhyapur Thimi, Ward 3

A socket bomb was found within the premises of the residence of CPN-UML mayoral candidate for Madhayapur Thimi Municipality Sunday morning. The bomb wrapped in a black bag with a placard reading 'khatara' – meaning 'dangerous' in Nepali – was found at Madan Sundar Shrestha's residence at 5 am in Gathaghar. Nepal Army's bomb disposal squad defused the bomb, said Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Shyam Babu Oliya of Metropolitan Police Circle, Thimi. Shrestha termed the discovery of a bomb at his residence 'anarchic' and a conspiracy to disrupt the elections. The mayoral candidate urged the voters to not get distracted by such incidents and vote in a peaceful manner. RSS भक्तपुरको गठ्ठाघरमा अपरिचित समूहले सकेट बम राखेको छ । सुरक्षाकर्मीले आइतबार बिहान नै बम डिस्पोज गरेको छ । बमको नजिकै भने कांग्रेस निकट विद्यार्थी संगठनको लेटरप्याडमा पर्चा भेटिएको 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 Election-related incident
Actor 1 - Number of people 3
Actor 1 - Affiliations Unclear
Actor 1 - Youth unknown
Actor 2 - Number of people 1
Actor 2 - Affiliation (Target) UML and affiliated org
Actor 2 - Youth na
National/Online Media , INSEC , Police website , Local Newspaper - Dhanusha

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