Incident Reports

Voting suspended after CPN UML, Maoist Center cadres clash in Mellekh

2017-06-28

Sudurpashchim, Achham, Mellekh, Ward 6

Polling at Mellekh rural municipality-6 of Achham has been suspended after a clash between cadres of Communist Party of Nepal Unified Marxist Leninist (CPN-UML) and Communist party of Nepal-Maoist Center (CPN-MC)on Wednesday. Police fired warning shots into the air to take the situation under control. अछामको मेल्लेख गाउँपालिका वडा नम्बर ६ मा एमाले र माओवादी कार्यकर्ताबीच झडप भएको छ । झडप नियन्त्रण्मा लिने क्रममा प्रहरीले हवाई फायर गरेको छ । स्थिति तनावपूर्ण भएपछि मतदान कार्य स्थगित भएको छ । मेल्लेखमा माओवादी र कांग्रेसबीच तालमेल छ भने एमाले एक्लै प्रतिस्पर्धामा छ । दुई दिनअघि एमाले ७ नम्बर प्रदेश संयोजक भीम रावलले मेल्लेख पुगेर कार्यकर्ता उत्तेजित पारेको आरोप माओवादीले लगाएको छ ।
Details and Impacts
Violent / Non-violent Violent
Onesided / Twosided Twosided
Collective / Interpersonal Collective
Primary Form Group Clash
Weapons Improvised explosive device (IED)
Primary Cause Election-related incident
Actor 1 - Number of people 5
Actor 1 - Affiliations UML and affiliated org
Actor 1 - Youth unknown
Actor 2 - Number of people 5
Actor 2 - Affiliation CPN (Maoist Center) and affiliated org
Actor 2 - Youth unknown
Other Sources , National/Online Media , Local Newspaper - Kanchanpur

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