Incident Reports

Man sets own house on fire, killing two sons

2021-01-12

Karnali, Kalikot, Naraharinath, Ward 7

A man set his house on fire in a fit of rage at Naraharinath rural municipality-7 of Kalikot district Tuesday night. The incident took place when Bhaire Batala of Naraharinath-7 set his house on fire over a family dispute.

His two sons—Ganesh, 12, and Man Bahadur, 7, died while another four-year-old son Khagendra was injured in the incident, said Chief of District Police Office, Kalikot, Chakra Bahadur Saha. Similarly, Bhaire is said to be in critical condition as he consumed poison after the incident.

Details and Impacts
Violent / Non-violent Violent
Onesided / Twosided Onesided
Collective / Interpersonal Interpersonal
Primary Form Arson
Weapons Fire
Primary Cause Other non-economic personal issues (revenge, passion etc.)
Actor 1 - Number of people 1
Actor 1 - Affiliations Family/relative
Actor 1 - Youth noyouth
Actor 2 - Number of people 3
Actor 2 - Affiliation (Target) Family/relative
Actor 2 - Youth youth
Total Killed 2
Youth Killed 2
Total Injured 1
Youth Injured 1
Total damaged Buildings 1
Severely damaged Buildings 1
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