Blast at Nepal vice president’s home
NEPAL: Unidentified assailants threw a small bomb at the house of
Nepal’s vice president in a Kathmandu suburb on Sunday, wounding at
least one security guard, police said.
Vice President Paramananda Jha was unhurt in the blast that shattered
the window panes of his private home. Jha was elected as Nepal’s first
vice president last month after the Himalayan nation abolished the
239-year-old monarchy and turned it into a republic.
His election sparked angry protests after the retired Supreme Court
judge, an ethnic Madhesi from the southern plains bordering India, took
the oath of office in Hindi language.
“Somebody threw a bomb at the window of my home under the cover of
darkness when there was no electricity in the area,” Jha told Reuters.
“I am safe but the blast destroyed the window panes of the building.”
He said two of his security guards were hurt but police officer
Shailesh Gurung said only one guard was wounded.
Kathmandu, Sunday, Reuters
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