Eight injured, two critically, in a blast at a government office in Siraha Kathmandu Post
Kathmandu, March 15 A blast at a government office on Sunday injuring eight persons has raised questions over Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli s claim that politics of violence has ended in the country.
Two government employees and six service seekers were injured when an improvised explosive device (IED) went off at the Land Revenue Office in Lahan Municipality, Siraha, on Sunday. The condition of two of the injured is said to be critical.
Dinesh Bhandari, a service seeker from Dhangadhimai Municipality, Siraha, was airlifted to Kathmandu for further treatment while Shiva Kumar Yadav, a non-gazetted first class officer at the office near whose desk the pressure cooker bomb went off, was rushed to Biratnagar, according to Deputy Superintendent Tapan Dahal.
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