Incident Reports

Clash over COVID-19 test in Boudha

2020-05-29

Bagmati, Kathmandu, Kathmandu

Few people sustained minor injuries during a clash between two groups at Simaltar,  Boudha  over COVID-19 test.  The clash erupted as the testing kit was available for only 500 people although 1500 people from Humla had registered for testing. Over 5000 people of Humla have been stranded in Kathmandu because of lockdown.

Details and Impacts
Violent / Non-violent Violent
Onesided / Twosided Twosided
Collective / Interpersonal Collective
Primary Form Group Clash
Weapons None
Primary Cause Other non-economic personal issues (revenge, passion etc.)
Secondary Cause Quarantine Management
Actor 1 - Number of people 50
Actor 1 - Affiliations Citizen/Individuals
Actor 1 - Youth unknown
Actor 2 - Number of people 50
Actor 2 - Affiliation Citizen/Individuals
Actor 2 - Youth noyouth
National/Online Media

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