A group of unidentified persons detonated an improvised explosive device on the premises of a school in Lagankhel, Lalitpur, today. CPN-UML Chair KP Sharma Oli attending the party’s election rally in Lagankhel, Lalitpur, on Tuesday, November 28, 2017. An election rally of the left alliance had just started at Lagankhel Bus Park and CPN-UML Chair KP Sharma Oli was addressing the event when the incident occurred at around 2:45pm. The incident site is around 200 metres from the bus park. Quoting eyewitness, police said the bomb went off with a massive bang. The assembly was halted for a few minutes following the incident. SSP Ganesh Aier, in-charge of Metropolitan Police Range, Jawalakhel, said the IED was planted in the backyard of Batuk Bhairav-based Namuna Machhindra Secondary School. Locals disposed garbage at the site as the school has not been in operation for the past six months. Some windowpanes of the school were shattered due to the impact of explosion, said SSP Aier. The explosion has also left behind a crater on the ground. Nepali Army personnel had examined the incident site. However, no one was hurt in the incident. Police said they had launched an investigation to establish whether those responsible behind the blast were trying to target the election assembly. No one has claimed the responsibility for the blast. update......................................... A bomb went off in a school premises in Lalitpur district this afternoon. According to SSP Ganesh Aire, the bomb exploded at Namuna Machhindra Secondary School at Batuk Bhairav in the district. “The bomb was planted in the backyard of the school where garbage were disposed.” “The window glasses were shattered. No human casualties were reported,” he added. “They heard a big sound in the backyard at around 2:45 pm and immediately informed the police about it. We are looking into the case,” he further stated. We are at the incident site and still investigating into the matter, added Aire. लगनखेल नजिकै मंगलबार दिउँसो करिब ३ बजे बम विस्फोट भएको छ । वाम गठबन्धन जिल्ला निर्वाचन परिचालन समितिले आयोजना गरेको बृहत् चुनावीसभालाई लक्षित गरी बम विस्फोट गराइएको हो । विस्फोटबाट मानवीय क्षति भएको छैन । स्थानीय नमुना मछिन्द्र आवासीय माध्यमिक विद्यालयको ७ वटा झ्यालको सिसा फुटेको छ । विस्फोटको आवाजले सर्वसाधारण आतंकित बनेका छन् । विद्यालय नजिक भएको विस्फोटका कारण जमिन खाल्डो परेको छ । पुनर्निर्माणको अभावमा उक्त विद्यालय ६ महिनादेखि सञ्चालन भएको छैन । विस्फोट लगत्तै पुगेको नेपाली सेनाले घटनाबारे अनुसन्धान गरिरहेको छ । घटनाको कसैले जिम्मा लिएको छैन । लखनखेल बसपार्क नजिक आयोजना गरिएको सभाको प्रमुख वक्ता एवं नेकपा एमालेका अध्यक्ष केपी ओलीले सम्बोधन गर्ने क्रममा बम विस्फोट भएको प्रहरीले जनाएको छ ।सभा केहीबेर रोकेर सञ्चालन गरिएको छ । ‘निर्वाचन नगरे अरु के गर्ने ? जनताले प्रतिनिधि छान्न पाउने कि नपाउने ? हिँड्दै छ भने मान्छे गन्तव्यमा पुग्ने कि नपुग्ने ?’ बम पड्किएपछि आक्रोशित हुँदै एमाले अध्यक्ष एवं पूर्वप्रधानमन्त्री ओलीले भने, 'यस्ता सानातिना घटनाले निर्वाचन रोक्नु हुँदैन, रोकिन्न ।' उनले निर्वाचनको विरोध गरेर विनाशको बाटोमा नलाग्न नेकपा लगायतलाई आग्रह गरे ।