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Serial blasts rock Kathmandu; two dead, over 2 dozen injured
Kantipur Report
KATHMANDU, Sept 2 - A series of bomb explosions rocked Kathmandu at around 4:15 pm Sunday.
The bombs went off almost simultaneously at busy market places at Tripureshwor, Sundhara and Balaju.
An unidentified group detonated “time bombs” concealed in bags, the police said. However, nobody has been arrested so far.
Home Ministry spokesman, Baman Prasad Neupane confirmed that two people have died and five others are critically injured.
Two people died when a bomb went off at a bus stop in front of the United World Trade Center in Tripureshwor.
One of the dead has been identified as Anita KC, a class 12 student at Vishwaniketan Higher Secondary School. Another dead woman is yet to be identified.
“The explosion ripped apart one person while around 7 to 8 persons were injured,” said Ram Pariyar, a bus driver who was an eyewitness to Tripureshwor explosion. The injured include six school children, police said.
Two passenger buses were also partially damaged in the explosion.
Two more are feared dead at an explosion in a microbus in front of a police post in Balaju.
At least 14 are injured in Balaju. Four are in a critical condition, according to eyewitnesses.
A girl was critically injured when a bomb went off at Tudikhel-Sundhara area. A few others are injured.
Of the injured 15 are admitted to the emergency ward and trauma center at the Bir Hospital and nine have been rushed to the Siddhartha Hospital in Balaju.
Those undergoing treatment at the Bir Hospital include Vishwaniketan students Sabi Shah, Rakshya Khadka (class 12), Shanik Shah and Prakash Gurung (class six), Sandhya Khadka, Sita Acharya, Gyanendra Waiba, Sukapaa Thapa, Jatan Mani, Chandra Prakash Gurung, Bhagwati Bhandari, Rudra Dhungel, Surendra Shahi, Basanta Chaudhary and Mitthu BK.
No one has taken the responsibility for the explosions so far.
Kathmandu Valley Police Chief SP Sarvendra Khanal said that they were still investigating the case.
Kantipur Report
KATHMANDU, Sept 2 - A series of bomb explosions rocked Kathmandu at around 4:15 pm Sunday.
The bombs went off almost simultaneously at busy market places at Tripureshwor, Sundhara and Balaju.
An unidentified group detonated “time bombs” concealed in bags, the police said. However, nobody has been arrested so far.
Home Ministry spokesman, Baman Prasad Neupane confirmed that two people have died and five others are critically injured.
Two people died when a bomb went off at a bus stop in front of the United World Trade Center in Tripureshwor.
One of the dead has been identified as Anita KC, a class 12 student at Vishwaniketan Higher Secondary School. Another dead woman is yet to be identified.
“The explosion ripped apart one person while around 7 to 8 persons were injured,” said Ram Pariyar, a bus driver who was an eyewitness to Tripureshwor explosion. The injured include six school children, police said.
Two passenger buses were also partially damaged in the explosion.
Two more are feared dead at an explosion in a microbus in front of a police post in Balaju.
At least 14 are injured in Balaju. Four are in a critical condition, according to eyewitnesses.
A girl was critically injured when a bomb went off at Tudikhel-Sundhara area. A few others are injured.
Of the injured 15 are admitted to the emergency ward and trauma center at the Bir Hospital and nine have been rushed to the Siddhartha Hospital in Balaju.
Those undergoing treatment at the Bir Hospital include Vishwaniketan students Sabi Shah, Rakshya Khadka (class 12), Shanik Shah and Prakash Gurung (class six), Sandhya Khadka, Sita Acharya, Gyanendra Waiba, Sukapaa Thapa, Jatan Mani, Chandra Prakash Gurung, Bhagwati Bhandari, Rudra Dhungel, Surendra Shahi, Basanta Chaudhary and Mitthu BK.
No one has taken the responsibility for the explosions so far.
Kathmandu Valley Police Chief SP Sarvendra Khanal said that they were still investigating the case.
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