7 injured in Taplejung grenade attack

• Attack aimed at foiling UML's election assembly

TAPLEJUNG, NOV 09 - At least seven people were injured when a bomb went off at CPN-UML 's election assembly in Khokling VDC,Taplejung district on Saturday. One Man Bahandur BK and another person whose identity has not been ascertained as yet have sustained serious injuries.

Padam Magar, Renuka Adhikari, Tulasa Thapa, Nirmala Adhikari and Yagya BK have been identified as the ones who have been injured in the bomb attack .

The injured have been brought to the District Hospital for treatment, said the locals. Police said that two grenades were thrown at the assembly, out of which one exploded immediately while the other did not. 

DSP Govinda Acharya informed that a special team of Nepal Army had reached the site to defuse the unexploded grenade.

The identity of the ones who executed the explosion has not been known, and police have been intensifying their operation for the same.

Meanwhile, UML's election assembly has started amid heavy security. Election candidate Dambardhwaj Tumbahamfhe and other officials of UML district committee are set to address the assembly. 

The incident site is located five kilometers away from Fungling bazaar, the district headquarters.