Incident Reports
Pressure cooker bomb explodes in Butwal
2022-04-12
KATHMANDU, May 12: A bomb has exploded at Milanchowk in Butwal on the eve of local elections. The bomb exploded at around 8:30 PM on Wednesday.
According to the Area Police Office, Butwal, a pressure cooker bomb exploded in front of the Sunrise Bank in Milanchowk. No one has yet claimed responsibility for the blast. However, a pamphlet with the name CPN (Maoist Center was found on the spot and the pamphlet asked all to boycott the local elections.
A team of Nepal Army, Nepal Police and Armed Police Force personnel had reached the site after learning of the bomb blast.
Details and Impacts
| Violent / Non-violent | Violent |
| Onesided / Twosided | Onesided |
| Collective / Interpersonal | Collective |
| Primary Form | Remote violence |
| Weapons | Improvised explosive device (IED) |
| Primary Cause | Election-related incident |
| Actor 1 - Number of people | N |
| Actor 1 - Affiliations | Unclear |
| Actor 1 - Youth | na |
| Actor 2 - Number of people | N |
| Actor 2 - Affiliation (Target) | Group of civilians (only Target) |
| Actor 2 - Youth | unknown |
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