Incident Reports
Nepal Police: Woman arrested on charge of axing neighbour to death
2018-09-11
Police on Tuesday arrested 45-year-old Laxmidevi Patel of Malika rural municipality-1 Niskot on the charge of killing her neighbour.
According to the police, Laxmidevi killed 30-year-old Lokmaya Patel near her house on Tuesday by striking her with an exe. Lokmaya who is related to Laxmidevi died on the spot in the incident. Police are further investigating on the incident.
Details and Impacts
| Violent / Non-violent | Violent |
| Onesided / Twosided | Onesided |
| Collective / Interpersonal | Interpersonal |
| Primary Form | Assault (small group) |
| Weapons | Sharp weapon |
| Primary Cause | Other non-economic personal issues (revenge, passion etc.) |
| Actor 1 - Number of people | 1 |
| Actor 1 - Affiliations | Family/relative |
| Actor 1 - Youth | noyouth |
| Actor 2 - Number of people | 1 |
| Actor 2 - Affiliation (Target) | Family/relative |
| Actor 2 - Youth | noyouth |
| Total Killed | 1 |
| Female Killed | 1 |
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