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| Seven injured in blast at Deuba's office |
| 2002-07-05 |
| A bomb blast at the office of Nepalese Prime Minister Sher Bahudar Deuba's newly-formed party here this morning left seven injured, three of them seriously. Vice-chairman of the party and Minister for Works and Physical Planning, Chiranjibi Wagle, was on the first floor of the building at the time of the explosion, but he escaped unhurt. Immediately after the explosion, a security team rushed to the scene and cordoned off the area. No one has claimed responsibility for the explosion, but it is believed that the Maoists could be behind it. No one has been arrested so far. It's either Maoists or, much more important in the PM's mind, political rivals. Prime Minister Deuba later visited the office to assess the damage. After breaking away from the Nepali Congress, Deuba had floated a new outfit and opened the party office recently, ahead of elections due in November. That's certainly more important that a few rebels, no matter how much of the country they're already in control of... |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |