Incident Reports

Bomb explodes at NC candidate’s house in Bhojpur

2017-06-27

Province 1, Bhojpur, Bhojpur, Ward 4

A bomb exploded at the house belonging to the Nepali Congress candidate in Siddheshwar of Bhojpur Municipality-4 of Bhojpur district on Tuesday. The bomb exploded at around 7 am today at the house of Prem Bhandari, a candidate for ward chair in the district, said Deputy Superintendent of Police Kaji Kumar Acharya, the Chief at the Bhojpur District Police Office. Meanwhile, another bomb found at the house was defused by security personnel, DSP Acharya further said. The explosion has partly damaged the house, however, no human casualties have been reported, according to police. Meanwhile, the search is on for the perpetrators involved in planting the bombs at the residence of NC candidate, said police. भोजपुर नगरपालिका-४ सिद्धेश्वरमा नेपाली काङ्ग्रेसका वडा अध्यक्षका उम्मेदवार प्रेम भण्डारीको घरमा बिहान ७ बजे सुतली बम विष्फोट भएको 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 NA
Actor 1 - Affiliations Unclear
Actor 1 - Youth unknown
Actor 2 - Number of people 1
Actor 2 - Affiliation (Target) Nepali Congress and affiliated org
Actor 2 - Youth noyouth
Total damaged Buildings 1
National/Online Media , INSEC , Local Newspaper - Saptari

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