Incident Reports

Bomb explosion targeting Nepali Congress

2017-11-27

Lumbini, Gulmi, Musikot, Ward 1

A bomb has been detonated on the morning of November 27 at Musikot Municipality-1 targeting the vehicle of Nepali Congress leader. The District Police Office of Gulmi said that the jeep with registration number LU1CHA9458 carrying congress leader was attacked with bomb while on the way to address the election assembly at Malika Rural Municipality-2 under constituency number 1. The jeep was carrying NC leader Khildhwoj Panthi and Bhagat Khadka along with some cadres. All of them are safe according to the police. The bomb was thrown from the hill while the jeep was on the way to Darling which exploded just five meters away from the jeep. The police have been deployed at the incident site according to SP Anurag Dwibedi. Nepali Congress Gulmi has condemned the incident and demanded the action against the accused. गुल्मीको मुसिकोट नगरपालिका –१ नेटाथामामा नेपाली कांग्रेसका नेता चढेको गाडिलाई लक्षित गरी बम विष्फोट भएको छ । सोमबार पौदीअमराईबाट दलिङ्गमा हुने चुनावी कार्यक्रमका लागि जाँदै गरेका नेपाली कांग्रेसका जिल्ला सचिव खिलध्वज पन्थी र कांग्रेसका क्षेत्रीय सभापति भगत खडका चढेको गाडिलाई लक्षित गरी बम प्रहार भएको हो । बम विष्फोटबाट कुनै क्षति भने भएको छैन । घटनास्थलमा प्रहरी जाँदै गरेको जिल्ला प्रहरी कार्यालय गुल्मीका प्रहरी उपरीक्षक अनुरागकुमार द्धिबेदीले जानकारी दिनुभयो । घटनाको बारेमा थप जानकारी आउन बाँकी छ ।
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 NA
Actor 2 - Affiliation (Target) Nepali Congress and affiliated org
Actor 2 - Youth na
National/Online Media , INSEC

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