Pressure Cooker Bomb” injures more than 8 in Nepal
When a “Pressure Cooker bomb” exploded in the government office in Siraha district’s Lahan in south-eastern Nepal, it injured nearly about 8 people on Sunday.
This bomb exploded on the first floor of the Land Revenue Office at 12.40 pm, Assistant Chief District Officer Krishna Kumar Niraula was adduced as saying by the Kathmandu Post newspaper.
In total over eight employees, including three women and five men, of the land revenue department were injured in the blast among which “three are critically injured are undergoing treatment at Saptarshi Hospital, Lahan while the others are admitted at Lahan hospital.” Reported by DSP Tapan Dahal.
While investigating, police said they have recovered pamphlets published by the Janatantrik Tarai Mukti Morcha (Revolutionary), an armed outfit led by Jaya Krishna Goit, from the blast site. Still, several pieces of pamphlets were found from the blast site but it is hard to read what is written on them, according to the police.
The Janatantrik Tarai Mukti Morcha is a group agitating for greater Political and economic rights for the people of the Terai plains bordering India.
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