Incident Reports
Youth attempts attack on CPN- Maoist Center's chairperson Prachanda in Surkhet
2022-11-08
A local youth attempted physical attack on CPN (Maoist Centre) Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal 'Prachanda' who reached Surkhet for election campaign on November 8. The youth threw a shoes at Dahal while he was speaking at the program organized in Matela of Chingad rural municipality of Surkhet. The shoes however landed near Prachanda without hitting him. Police took control of the youth who attempted the assault and have started investigation into the incident by arresting the accused.
Details and Impacts
| Violent / Non-violent | Violent |
| Onesided / Twosided | Onesided |
| Collective / Interpersonal | Interpersonal |
| Primary Form | Assault (small group) |
| Weapons | Other |
| Primary Cause | Election-related incident |
| Actor 1 - Number of people | 1 |
| Actor 1 - Affiliations | Citizen/Individuals |
| Actor 1 - Youth | na |
| Actor 2 - Number of people | 1 |
| Actor 2 - Affiliation (Target) | CPN (Maoist Center) and affiliated org |
| Actor 2 - Youth | na |
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