Incident Reports

Explosion at CPN (MC) election rally in Nawalparasi injures 7

2017-06-25

An explosion at CPN (Maoist Center) election publicity rally at Sunwal Municipality in Nawalparasi district injured seven people on Sunday. Two of the injured are said to be in critical condition. Police said that the explosion occurred at the bridge over Somnath River. The bomb was hidden under the rocks near the bridge by unknown group. CPN (Maoist Center) had taken out a rally on around six dozens vehicles in Sunawal Municipality. The injured were rescued by police to nearby hospitals for treatment. नवलपरासी सदरमुकाम नजिकको सुनवल नगरपालिकामा नेकपा माओवादी केन्द्रले निकालेको र्यालीलाई लक्षित गरेर अज्ञात समूहले बम बिस्फोट गराउँदा ७ जना घाइते भएका छन् । घाइतेमध्ये दुईको अवस्था गम्भीर छ । चुनाब प्रचारको अन्तिम दिन आइतबार सुनवल नगरपालिकामा केन्द्रले गाडिमा चुनाबी र्याली गरेको थियो । महेन्द्रराजमार्गको भुमहिवाट सुनवल तर्फ कार्यकर्ता बोकेर हिंडेको बस सोमनाथ खोलाको पुलमा पुग्दा बिष्फोटमा परेको हो । अज्ञात समूहले पुल क्षेउको ढुंगामा बम लुकाएका थिए । बिस्फोटमा घाइतेहरुको प्रहरीले उद्धार गरेर उपचारको लागि लगेको छ । करिब ६ दर्जन गाडीमा मतदाता राखेर माओवादीले र्याली निकालेको हो ।
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 NA
Actor 1 - Affiliations Unclear
Actor 1 - Youth na
Actor 2 - Number of people 10
Actor 2 - Affiliation (Target) CPN (Maoist Center) and affiliated org
Actor 2 - Youth unknown
Total Injured 7
National/Online Media , Local Newspaper - Mahottari , Local Newspaper - Dhanusha , Local Newspaper - Siraha , Local Newspaper - Chitwan , Local Newspaper - Kaski

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