Incident Reports
Two groups clash: Tear-gas used to take the situation under control
2019-03-21
Two groups of villagers clashed on Thursday in Simara Bhawanipur of Gujara Municipality-9 in Rautahat. Police had to use tear gas to take the incident under control. The dispute had erupted after some people from Chaudhury community had broken clay-pot kept by people from Baniya community on the side of the road to celebrate Holi. Local and police were injured in the clash. Police have arrested five locals to investigate the issue.
Details and Impacts
| Violent / Non-violent | Violent |
| Onesided / Twosided | Twosided |
| Collective / Interpersonal | Interpersonal |
| Primary Form | Group Clash |
| Weapons | Blunt weapon |
| Primary Cause | Ethnic or caste-based collective tensions |
| Actor 1 - Number of people | 10 |
| Actor 1 - Affiliations | Citizen/Individuals |
| Actor 1 - Youth | unknown |
| Actor 2 - Number of people | 10 |
| Actor 2 - Affiliation | Citizen/Individuals |
| Actor 2 - Youth | unknown |
| Total Injured | 6 |
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