Incident Reports
Explosion and Arson at ward Office
2019-08-25
Unidentified group has blasted a bomb and burnt ward office of Pariwartan Rural Municipality-2 on 25 August as per the police.
Ward Chairperson Hari Prasad Buda said bucket bomb was detonated at ward office around midnight. The local people took control over the fire caused after bomb blast. Buda also added controlling of fire prevented major damage.
DSP Dipak Khadka of District Police office said fire was immediately controlled and situation is normal after that.
As per the police, it is suspected that the incident of bomb blast and arson was caused by Netra Bikram Chand (Biplov) lead CPN. Local people are terrified after the bomb blast.
Meanwhile, ward office has condemned the blast and arson incident by releasing a press release on 26 August.
Details and Impacts
| Violent / Non-violent | Violent |
| Onesided / Twosided | Onesided |
| Collective / Interpersonal | Collective |
| Primary Form | Arson |
| Weapons | Improvised explosive device (IED) |
| Primary Cause | Other political issues |
| Actor 1 - Number of people | n/a |
| Actor 1 - Affiliations | CPN (Chand) and affiliated org |
| Actor 1 - Youth | unknown |
| Actor 2 - Number of people | n/a |
| Actor 2 - Affiliation (Target) | Local authorities (incl VDC, district, gov. line agencies at local level except education and health) |
| Actor 2 - Youth | na |
| Total damaged Buildings | 1 |
