Incident Reports
Six injured during attack at Nepali Congress' victory rally in Birgunj
2022-05-20
Six persons sustained injuries as a group of CPN-UML cadres allegedly attacked a rally of Nepali Congress cadres in Birgunj, Parsa district, of southern Nepal on Thursday night. After winning the ward chairpersonship of Birgunj-27, the Nepali Congress cadres had organised a victory rally on the night of May 18. According to Congress cadres, UML cadres including the ward chairperson candidate attacked them. Police arrested CPN-UML’s ward chairperson candidate Pradeep Kumar Yadav and two others for their alleged involvement in the attack, informed DSP Om Prakash Khanal.
Details and Impacts
| Violent / Non-violent | Violent |
| Onesided / Twosided | Onesided |
| Collective / Interpersonal | Collective |
| Primary Form | Assault (small group) |
| Weapons | None |
| Primary Cause | Election-related incident |
| Secondary Cause | Contestation regarding the outcome of election |
| Actor 1 - Number of people | n/a |
| Actor 1 - Affiliations | UML and affiliated org |
| Actor 1 - Youth | unknown |
| Actor 2 - Number of people | n/a |
| Actor 2 - Affiliation (Target) | Nepali Congress and affiliated org |
| Actor 2 - Youth | unknown |
| Total Injured | 6 |
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