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Blast near SPA assembly venue, half dozen injured




Kantipur Report

KATHMANDU, Jan 14 - An unidentified person hurled an improvised explosive devise at a passenger bus just as the first joint electoral assembly of the seven-party alliance concluded at the busy Ratnapark area in downtown Kathmandu at around 3:30 pm Monday.Around six persons were injured in the socket bomb blast at Bhotahity, close to the venue of the SPA assembly at the Open Air Theatre, according to the Police Headquarters. No one is critically injured.
The bus belonging to Kantipur Yatayat, the police added.
The injured have been identified as Shiva Khadka, 40, Toran Gurung, 40, Dipesh Nepal, 15, Bharat Tamang, 36, Bir Bahadur Tamang, 35, and Rajesh Shrestha, 39, according to the Bir Hospital.
Four of the injured returned home after treatment and the remaining two will also be discharged soon, the hospital source informed.
No one has claimed the responsibility for the blast so far.