Incident Reports

Bomb detonated targeting election campaigner

2017-11-14

Gandaki, Myagdi, Beni, Ward 1

Nepali Congress party has said that an unidentified group has detonated a bomb at Beni Municipality-1, Ratnachok targeting a team doing election campaigning. According to former chairperson of NC Resham Baniya, the explosive was detonated in front of the vehicle of the team. DSP Basundhara Khadka of DPO said that an unidentified group had detonated the bomb around 2 PM and the bomb was targeted to HoR candidate Khambir Garbuja of Nepali Congress. The vehicle sustained a minor damage in an explosion. The group behind the explosion is yet to be identified according to the police. म्याग्दीको बेनी नगरपालिका-१ रत्नेचौरमा लोकतान्त्रिक गठबन्धनको टोलीलाई लक्षित गरेर बम विस्फोट भएको छ । प्रतिनिधिसभामा कांग्रेसका उम्मेदवार खमबहादुर गर्बुजा र प्रदेशसभाका उम्मेदवार राप्रपाका भीमप्रसाद गौचन चढेको गाडीलाई लक्षित गरी जमिनमुनि गाडिएको माइन बम विष्फोट भएको हो । रत्नेचौरबाट चुनावी कार्यक्रम सकेर अर्जम जाने क्रममा जोरपीपल भन्ने ठाउँमा बम विष्फोट भएको म्याग्दीका प्रहरी नायव उपरीक्षक बसुन्धरा खड्काले जानकारी दिनुभयो । विष्फोटबाट क्षति भने नभएको प्रहरीले जनाएको छ ।
Details and Impacts
Violent / Non-violent Violent
Onesided / Twosided Onesided
Collective / Interpersonal Interpersonal
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 unknown
Actor 2 - Number of people 2
Actor 2 - Affiliation (Target) Left Alliance (CPN-MC, UML & others)
Actor 2 - Youth na
National/Online Media , INSEC

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