Incident Reports

Muslims clash in Mahottari during Eid festival

2018-08-22

Madhes, Mahottari, Loharpatti

Two groups of Muslim men clashed at Loharpatti Municipality in Mahottari district on Wednesday. Police said around a dozen people were injured when the two groups clashed over which Imam was going to read the Nawaj during the Eid festival. District Police Office Mahottari DSP Khagendra Bahadur Khadka said police had to fire two rounds of tear gas shells to take the situation under control. Police has cordoned off the mosque and barred entry into it. Chief District Officer Umesh Kumar Dhakal said Muslims men have clashed in the past over the same issue during Eid festival. “We had brought people from both groups and reached an agreement this year. But they have clashed at around 8 am. We are trying to solve this issue,” CDO Dhakal said. नमाज वाचनका लागि मस्जिदमा भेला भएका मुस्लिम धर्मालम्बीबीच झडप हुँदा महोत्तरीमा १० जना घाइते भएका छन् । महोत्तरीको लोहारपट्टी गाउँपालिका–३, महदैया चोकको इदगाहा मस्जिदमा दुई पक्षबीच बिहान ८ बजे झडप हुँदा उनीहरु घाइते भएका हुन् । घाइतेको अवस्था सामान्य छ । जिल्ला प्रहरी कार्यालय, महोत्तरीले नमाज वाचन गर्न दुई पक्षले आ–आफ्ना पण्डित अघि सारेपछि बढेको विवाद झडपमा परिणत भएको जनाएको छ । परिस्थिति तनावग्रस्त बनेपछि प्रहरीले २ राउण्ड हवाई फायर नै गर्नुपरेको थियो । प्रहरीले भीड तितर–वितर पारेपछि अवस्था नियन्त्रणमा आए पनि विवाद मिलिसकेको छैन । जिल्ला प्रहरी कार्यालय, महोत्तरीले अहिले दुई पक्षलाई छलफलमा राखेर विवाद मिलाउने प्रयास भइरहेको जनाएको छ ।
Details and Impacts
Violent / Non-violent Violent
Onesided / Twosided Twosided
Collective / Interpersonal Interpersonal
Primary Form Group Clash
Weapons None
Primary Cause Religious sectarianism
Actor 1 - Number of people 10
Actor 1 - Affiliations Muslim
Actor 1 - Youth unknown
Actor 2 - Number of people 10
Actor 2 - Affiliation Muslim
Actor 2 - Youth unknown
Total Injured 12
National/Online Media , Local Newspaper - Dhanusha

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