Incident Reports

Two arrested for vandalising ‘welcome Xi’ posters in Baneshwor and Tinkune

2019-10-10

Bagmati, Kathmandu, Kathmandu

Two-person have been arrested for vandalising posters put up to welcome Chinese President Xi Jinping, who arrives in Kathmandu on Saturday.

Gopal Sarki and Raj Kumar Thakur have were arrested for tearing posters at Bijulibazar and Tinkune.

Both Sarki and Thakur are being kept at Baneshwor Police office.

President Xi is visiting Nepal from October 12-13 upon the invitation of his Nepali counterpart Bidya Devi Bhandari.

Details and Impacts
Violent / Non-violent Violent
Onesided / Twosided Onesided
Collective / Interpersonal Interpersonal
Primary Form Vandalism
Weapons None
Primary Cause Issues related to the quality of public services (health, education etc.)and access to these services
Actor 1 - Number of people 2
Actor 1 - Affiliations Citizen/Individuals
Actor 1 - Youth unknown
Actor 2 - Number of people N
Actor 2 - Affiliation (Target) Government and civil servants at central level
Actor 2 - Youth na
National/Online Media

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