Incident Reports

Explosion in Sindhuli

2017-12-07

Bagmati, Sindhuli, Hariharpurgadhi

A bomb targetting the ballot boxes exploded at Hariharpur Rural Municipality in Sindhuli on Thursday evening. Police said the bomb exploded when the police vehicle was carrying ballot boxes from Hariharpurgadi-based Kyan Khola voting center. DSP Biond Sharma in District Police Office, Sindhuli said there was no casualty. DSP Sharma added that the device exploded 500 meters behind police vehicle that had crossed the spot. All the ballots are safely kept in Kyan Khola, police post. He also informed that the windscreen of a private vehicle had received minor cracks. According to police, all the ballot boxes from rural municipality will reach the district headquaters by Thursday night. सिन्धुलीको हरिहरपुरगढी गाँउपालिकाको क्यानेश्वरमा मतपेटिका बोकेको गाडिलाई लक्षित गरी बम बिस्फोट भएको छ । सडक भन्दा केही पर बम बिस्फोट भएपनि कुनै क्षति नभएको सिन्धुलीका प्रमुख जिल्ला अधिकारी जनकराज दाहालले रातोपाटीलाई जानकारी दिए । उनले मतपेटिका, कर्मचारी र सुरक्षाकर्मी सबै सुरक्षित रहेको बताएका छन् । साँझ मतदान केन्द्रबाट मतपेटिका बोकेर मुख्य निर्वाचन अधिकृतको कार्यालयतर्फ लैजाने क्रममा क्यान्सिर भन्ने ठाँउमा बम बिस्फोट भएको हो । सिन्धुलीमा बिभिन्न मतदान केन्द्रबाट मतपेटिका संकलनको काम भइरहेको र यो क्रम राती १२ बजे लाग्ने प्रजिअ दाहालले जानकारी दिए ।
Details and Impacts
Violent / Non-violent Violent
Onesided / Twosided Onesided
Collective / Interpersonal Collective
Primary Form Remote violence
Weapons Improvised explosive device (IED) , Improvised explosive device (IED)
Primary Cause Election-related incident
Actor 1 - Number of people NA
Actor 1 - Affiliations Unclear , Unclear
Actor 1 - Youth na
Actor 2 - Number of people NA
Actor 2 - Affiliation (Target) Other state institutions
Actor 2 - Youth na
National/Online Media

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