Incident Reports

Paschim Today: Bomb goes off in Dhangadhi‘s Mahima Church

2018-05-14

Sudurpashchim, Kailali, Dhangadhi

A bomb went off in Mahima Church in Dhangadhi Sub Metropolitan City-4, Taranagar, Dhangadhi on Saturday night. An unidentified group has exploded the bomb at the church which caused minor damages inside the church; however, no human casualties have been reported, according to police. Birendra Kadiya, a pastor of the church, said that a group of unidentified persons entered into the church at around 11 pm on Saturday night and exploded pressure cooker bomb. The blast has damaged some furniture inside the church, according to Kadiya. Police has reached the incident site after the blast and started investigation. However, they said it is still unknown who had exploded the bomb. Police said they started an investigation. कैलालीको धनगढी उपमहानगरपालिका–४ उत्तरबेहडीको महिमा चर्चमा अज्ञात समुहले शनिबार राति बम बिस्फोट गराएको छ । प्रेसर कुकुर बम पड्काउँदा घरको झ्याल र पर्खालमा क्षति भएको छ ।जिल्ला प्रहरी कार्यालयका अनुसार झ्यालको सिसा फुटेको र पर्खालका केही भाग भत्केका छन् । भवनमा कोही नबस्ने भएकाले मानवीय क्षति नभएको प्रहरी उपरीक्षक बिनोद घिमिरेले बताए । बिस्फोट गराउनेको खोजी भइरहेको उनले बताए ।
Details and Impacts
Violent / Non-violent Violent
Onesided / Twosided Onesided
Collective / Interpersonal Interpersonal
Primary Form Remote violence
Weapons Improvised explosive device (IED)
Primary Cause Unclear
Actor 1 - Number of people NA
Actor 1 - Affiliations Unclear
Actor 1 - Youth unknown
Actor 2 - Number of people NA
Actor 2 - Affiliation (Target) Christian Religious Organization
Actor 2 - Youth na
Total damaged Buildings 1
Local Newspaper - Kailali

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