Incident Reports

Police open fire in air following altercation between left, democratic alliance

2017-12-07

Gandaki, Syangja, Galyang

Police opened fire in air after an altercation occurred between the cadres of left alliance and democratic alliance in Tulsivanjyang of Syanjga district during the elections on Thursday. The dispute that began on issues related to voters took a nasty turn ending in fight between the both sides. Police intervened to control the situation and resorted to fire in air to contain the brawl, locals said. Galyang police post said they had to open fire in the air as they could not stop the alliances from fighting. Beside this incident, the elections are being convened peacefully in the district where there are two constituencies and four provincial assembly constituencies. There are 199 polling stations and 295 election centres in the district. साविक तुलसीभन्ज्याङ गाविस भवन रहेको स्थानमा लोकतान्त्रिक र वाम गठबन्धनबीच झडप भएको छ । मतदाताहरुको विषयलाई लिएर दुई पक्षीयबीच विवाद चुलिँदै जाँदा हात हालाहाल भएको थियो । विवादलाई मिलाउन नसकेपछि प्रहरीले हवाई फाइरिङ गर्नुपरेको स्थानीयवासीले बताएका छन् । दुई गठबन्धनलाई रोक्न नसकेपछि हवाई फाइरिङ गर्नुपरेको गल्याङ प्रहरी चौकीले जनाएको छ ।
Details and Impacts
Violent / Non-violent Violent
Onesided / Twosided Twosided
Collective / Interpersonal Collective
Primary Form Group Clash
Weapons None , None
Primary Cause Election-related incident
Actor 1 - Number of people 10
Actor 1 - Affiliations Left Alliance (CPN-MC, UML & others) , Left Alliance (CPN-MC, UML & others)
Actor 1 - Youth unknown
Actor 2 - Number of people 10
Actor 2 - Affiliation Democratic Alliance (NC, RPP and others) Democratic Alliance (NC, RPP and others)
Actor 2 - Youth unknown
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