Incident Reports
Bajura: 1 dies, 2 injured as police open fire during a voting clash
2022-11-20
Sudurpashchim, Bajura, Tribeni, Ward 7
A person lost his life while two others sustained injuries when the police opened fire in the Bajura district to contain a clash that ensued during the voting for federal and parliamentary elections on Sunday.
Cadres of the Nepali Congress and CPN-UML clashed at a voting centre in Triveni municipality-7, requiring the security personnel to use force, according to Assistant Chief District Officer Lokendra Bista.
The injured were rescued by a Nepal Army helicopter.
Details and Impacts
| Violent / Non-violent | Violent |
| Onesided / Twosided | Twosided |
| Collective / Interpersonal | Collective |
| Primary Form | Group Clash |
| Weapons | Homemade/traditional firearms |
| Primary Cause | Election-related incident |
| Actor 1 - Number of people | N |
| Actor 1 - Affiliations | Nepali Congress and affiliated org |
| Actor 1 - Youth | na |
| Actor 2 - Number of people | N |
| Actor 2 - Affiliation | UML and affiliated org |
| Actor 2 - Youth | na |
| Total Killed | 1 |
| Total Injured | 2 |
| Election-related cause primary |
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