Incident Reports

CPN activist hurled stones and grenade

2017-11-23

Karnali, Kalikot, Kalika, Ward 1

The CPN activists hurled a grenade and stones on officials deployed to hold the polls at Janata Basic School in Kalika Rural Municipality-1, Kalikot. Assistant polling officer Prakash Chandra Ghimire said the CPN activists hurled a grenade and stones while they were heading to the polling booth. “The grenade did not go off. Otherwise there could be a huge damage,” said Ghimire. “We stopped for about two hours on the way. Security personnel escorted the employees to their destination.”
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 5
Actor 1 - Affiliations CPN (Chand) and affiliated org
Actor 1 - Youth unknown
Actor 2 - Number of people NA
Actor 2 - Affiliation (Target) Local authorities (incl VDC, district, gov. line agencies at local level except education and health)
Actor 2 - Youth na
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