Incident Reports
Unidentified group attacks founding chairperson of FNJ Banke
2019-09-27
A group of unidentified persons physically attacked the founding chairperson of Federation of Nepalese Journalist Banke Liyaqat Ali at his home in Nepalgunj sub-metrpolitan city-2 on September 27.
According to Ali, the group of unidentified men ran away after attacking him. He lodged a complaint at police on September 28 against the attack.
SP Bir Bahadur Oli of DPO Banke informed, 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) |
| Secondary Form | Attack on Journalist |
| Weapons | Unclear |
| Primary Cause | Unclear |
| Actor 1 - Number of people | 3 |
| Actor 1 - Affiliations | Unclear |
| Actor 1 - Youth | unknown |
| Actor 2 - Number of people | 1 |
| Actor 2 - Affiliation (Target) | Journalist/Media |
| Actor 2 - Youth | noyouth |
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