Incident Reports

Petrol bomb thrown at Makwanpur Multiple Campus

2015-08-12

Bagmati, Makawanpur, Bhimphedi

Students of Makawanpur multiple campuses have set fire in some offices of the campus by throwing a petrol bomb today over a dispute about filling examination form for Bachelor first year. The students hurled a petrol bomb at around 10:00 am in the morning when the management committee of the college was holding a meeting. The fire that was lit due to the petrol bomb has caused damage in the offices of the campus chairman, vice-chairman and management committee chairman. The petrol bomb attack was led by Amrit Bartaula who is the chairman of UCPN Maoist affiliated student wing of Makawanpur Campus unit. Police have arrested Rakesh Maharjan, secretary of National Democratic Student Organization in connection with the incident. The dispute between the students and the management committee took a violent turn after students resorted to arson and vandalism of the campus.
Details and Impacts
Violent / Non-violent Violent
Onesided / Twosided Onesided
Collective / Interpersonal Collective
Primary Form Arson
Secondary Form Vandalism
Weapons Blunt weapon , Improvised explosive device (IED)
Primary Cause Issues related to the quality of public services (health, education etc.)and access to these services
Actor 1 - Number of people 100
Actor 1 - Affiliations Students , CPN (Maoist Center) and affiliated org
Actor 1 - Youth na
Actor 2 - Number of people n/a
Actor 2 - Affiliation (Target) Education sector/teachers (private and public)
Actor 2 - Youth na
Total damaged Buildings 1
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