Incident Reports
Five mine workers injured as group detonates IED targeting a cement factory in Udayapur
2020-12-03
Province 1, Udayapur, Katari, Ward 8
Five mine workers were injured when a group of seven unidentified people detonated an IED (Unidentified Explosive Device) targeting the mine area of Solar Cement Industry at Bhantawari in Katari Municipality-8 on December 3. The group even set fire to the mine's excavator. No one has claimed responsibility for the blast.
The injured are identified as 24-year-old Bishnu Bahadur Magar, 23-year-old Navin Magar, 25-year-old Durga Tamang, 30-year-old Sagar Moktan and 18-year-old Shiva Shankar Moktan. The blast destroyed three excavators and an unmarked motorcycle in the mining area of the industry.
Details and Impacts
| Violent / Non-violent | Violent |
| Onesided / Twosided | Onesided |
| Collective / Interpersonal | Interpersonal |
| Primary Form | Symbolic violence |
| Weapons | Improvised explosive device (IED) |
| Primary Cause | Unclear |
| Actor 1 - Number of people | 8 |
| Actor 1 - Affiliations | Unclear |
| Actor 1 - Youth | na |
| Actor 2 - Number of people | 5 |
| Actor 2 - Affiliation (Target) | Private company |
| Actor 2 - Youth | youth |
| Total Injured | 5 |
| Youth Injured | 4 |
| Totally damaged Vehicles | 4 |
| Severely damaged Vehicles | 4 |
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