“Two died: Police”
Two innocent people are confirmed dead in a series of bomb explosions in three busy public areas of Kathmandu city. More than 25 people have been injured, 10 of them serious. Bombs exploded simultaneously in three separate places- Tripureshwor, Kalimati and Balaju- at around 4:30 PM this afternoon. According to Avenues TV, a previously little heard terror outfit Terai Tiger has taken responsibility of the blasts. A reporter of the TV station said from Rhautahat that the organization called him to take responsibility of the blasts. Sagarmatha TV is also reporting that two other bombs have blasted in Sundhara and Kirtipur. Bombs exploded in a public vehicle in Balaju. All passengers, except the driver and his assistant, were injured in the powerful blast that destroyed the vehicle. Another bomb went off in Tripureshwor’s World Trade Center where most of the injured were students from nearby school. These strikes come at a time when the nation is gearing up for the Constituent Assembly elections that is scheduled to be held in less than 80 days.
Recent: Nepali Congress leader Arjun Narsingh KC, after visiting the hospital where injured are being treated, said: This is a terrorist activity and a conspiracy to derail the election of Constituent Assembly and against the democratic achievements that the country has seen so far.
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164 responses to “Terror Strikes Kathmandu: Bombs Explode in Five Places”
What goes around comes around.
I dont blame the Terai tiger, cobra, cow, dog, donkey or any other group that sprouts every other day in the Terai. I simply blame the Maoist for all thats been happening. You get ride of them and you get ride of the problem. If not likely all , most of it. Mr. Pushpa Kamal Dahal is to be hold responsible for all of this.
Really tragic. Targeting innocents to make a point (whatever point it is) is an unforgivable, cowardly act. It’s pretty clear who the people behind such a heinous act are. I wish solid evidence against them could be found so that they could be punished severely once and for all.
Here is my guess: the Maoists are behind this! But they will come out and say that the regressive forces orchastrated these blasts and the CA elections, therefore, cannot be held before their 22 point demand has been met and Nepal is declared a republic.
The Terai Army based in Rautahat has claimed to be behind the bomb attacks. Wonder who is behind the Terai Army?
more details in e-kantipur.
There is real danger of a communal violence if people in media are not careful about how they report this senseless act. And i as a citizen of Nepal would like to know is who is funding this Avenue TV???. This is what we need to ask before we believe everything they beam on the tube.
These fk’ political baloneys and extremists are never going to live we people peacefully.
Bhudai,
Whoever may be behind the plot, the Maoists very soon are going to blame the durbar. May be they are true.
But these new rebellions, for sure, are following the Prachandapath… errrrrrrrr Maobadi-path. Maoists have taught them that by killing people and destroying public property one can attain the ruling power.
I agree with Cool Hand LUke,
the media should be responsible enough to thwart mishap and potential unrest.
yes, we are on the verge of communal violence
Black cloud of separation is looming above our heads….. Limbuwan, khambuwan, tharuwan, madhesh, chure bhawar…. jwalasing, goit, forum, madhesh army, ……
tigers, jackals, lions, cats, dogs, lizards, frogs… and many more…these retards want power; these idiots think power is everything…… can they win the heart of people with their arms and violence?
These fk’ political baloneys and extremists are never going to LET live we people peacefully.
yeah..I agree about the communal violence danger. that would be the aim of these cowardly bombers. the media and the people should all act responsibly and not make the situation needlessly worse.
Bhudai-still think it’s the Maoists? They’ve issued a denial to AFP.
Son of Whore Puspa kamal Dahal is absolutely behind this because he is afraid of CA election. We hope we will slit his throat before long. The most inefficient Home minister in the history of Nepal, Prachande’s habaldar is responsible for this because he is the one who allowed maoist thugs to enter Kathmandu with their weapons and explosives to please his master murderer Prachande. Prachande, your and your son Prakash’s days are numbered
I think Maoist still can not dare to act like this, the attack is a mere “terrorism, civilians and school children are deliberately attacked. Maoists didnt carry out this type of attack even in the period of insurgency. King also does not deserve to be blamed. Some extremist groups of Terai might have carried out the attack. The motive behind the attack is to disturb the ongoing environment of CA elections. The fresh attack can bring more political turmoil. Speaking from heart, I suggest government to deploy Army in Terai and shoot all those militants.
Believe me or not, but you will believe me in the long-run that these four People: Murderers Prachande, Gyane, Jwala singh, and Goit are the root cause of unrest, violence, and all kinds of problems facing the country today. There will be no stability, peace, and prosperity in Nepal unless we get rid of these four GREATEST CRIMINALS. That is why I am telling time and again that these GREATEST CRIMINALS SHOULD BE TIED TOGETHER AND THEN HANGED AT TUNDIKHEL IN FRONT OF THE PUBLIC IN ORDER TO BRING PEACE AND STABILITY IN THE COUNTRY. Gyane is the one who created People like Murderers Prachande and Baburam to grab power by weakening Democratic forces and Murderer Prachande is the one who gave birth to criminals like Jwala singh and Goit again to weaken Democratic forces.
I came on here to predict that some idiots were going to blame the Maoists for this. Too late.
If you grow up thinking that rain is caused by elves. Every time you see rain, you will see proof of elves. Similarly, if you grow up thinking that everything bad is caused by Maoists… Well, you get the idea.
To be clear here, The Maoists don’t fear the elections. The Maoists fear that the NC is never going to make their stance on monarchy clear, then write it into the constitution after they win the elections. If that happens, I doubt they will accept the results.
The security situation being so bad we really need a competent Home Minister who can get the Nepal Police and the Armed Police Force working to their best ability. When will that worm Sitaula be replaced?
Prachande, if you have not done this act of terroism, do you have any gut to employ your YCL thugs to nab these criminals?. I do not think you can because you are the one behind this. You employ your YCL thugs to beat up UML cadres and do dacoity at night in Kathmandu, right?
Neil horning:
You claim that everything bad is not done by maoists. Can you give me one example of good thing done by maoist thugs?
Neil-Know who is behind the Terai Army? What are they asking for? Anyone?
Yeah I find it hard to believe it was the Maoists too, especially as they got really hammered over the Madi incident.
In order to maintain law and order in the country, we must get rid of Prachande’s habaldar Krishna Sitaula, Bharang muni ko Rana IGP Om Bikram rana, and supresser of people’s movement II APF IGP Basudev Oli. They are the most inefficient people working in the security field of Nepal. They do not care whether people are being robbed or killed as long as they can earn money through commission.
All I can say is, we have lost it now. Blame game can go around but the crux is Nepal has entered a phase of Iraqization where there is no sense or rational but mayhem and murder of innocent to register demand or a voice. Precedent has been set. As for Neil’s hurried defense although belatedly “not the maoist” does not hold any water for they have not washed blood from their hands and the blood has spawned terror which has noname nor for that matter logic. It is a sad day indeed and I curse Shitowla, vulture and blood runners for bringing all this on us.
Note- how the indians are conducting on how Nepal should be on their 3 day seminar right under our nose attendance by speaker of the house and we are a mute spectator. Shame indeed- just goes to prove we are incapable of defining out future.
Loss of Innocence and our sovereign right in same day.
Neil Horning (21:38:35) :
To be clear here, The Maoists don’t fear the elections.
To be clear here, The Maoists are afraid of elections. Until they are certain of the outcome favouring them they will not participate in the election. They want election to be postponed. My solution is not to have election for CA at all. Add few more members from the agitating groups in the current legislative body and convert into Constituent Assembly to write permanent constitution of Nepal.
You Anonymous Imbecile will always blame Maoist. Frankly it could be handiwork of anyone, It could be Nepal defense Army, Fascist Hindutva backed by VHP and BJP or Chure-Bhawar Ekta Samaj and Blame it on non-existent group from Tarai. So it will look as if Maoist have done it.
Did you forgot Hrithik Roshan Incident and Iraq Incident??? Both the incident gave Gyane an opportunity to usurp the power in Feb 1. You pathetic Imbecile will never learn. History always repeats itself twice: first time as tragedy, second time as farce. but you numb nuts got your head so deep into your ass that you can’t see it.
I agree with Neil; the Maoists for sure are not behind the serial blasts in Kathmandu.
But the bombers are the disciples of the Maoists. Their modus operandi and their ultimate aim match. So.
Blame game is very cheap. In the Nepalgunj incidents, a fk’ senior Sadhbhawana leader distributed the CDs to fuel the communal violence, and the Maoists blamed the Madhesh unrest for the durbar. And, now people cheaply suspect the Maoists.
And, a Maoist top gun (dr bhattarai ) suspected tha the durbar is behind the Kathmandu blasts. I met some people who think blame the Maoists for the same. They believe the Maoists do not want to face the polls….
Neil, I am of the opinion that you are still green at observation regarding the Maoists. Rather than on the NC keeping mum on monarchy issue, obviouly it’s their double standard
that the Maoists are hesitating to face the elections.
Shree has correctly said that they dont fear election but they fear of the results not in favour of them.
You remember it Neil, or you can come back to this blog to read it again if UWB is not
hacked again: Maoists are never going to accept the result of the vote if it is not in
favour of them. It appears that What they want is power and their autocracy.
Lets bet. (I will be happy if I lose.)
“Neil horning:
You claim that everything bad is not done by maoists. Can you give me one example of good thing done by maoist thugs?”
http://neilsnepal.wordpress.com/2007/06/05/maoists-clean-lake/
Enemies of the the people of Nepal have now imported AlQaeda techniques. Stop the blame game and find the real culprits before the country becomes the happy hunting ground for extremists of various objectives. This is not the type of incident at which you laugh at the matters to prove your political stance. Don’t know when these idiot Nepali politicians and political commentators will learn how to respond unitedly on barbaric attacks on civilians. They just have to point at kasle k bhanyo and kasle k garyo and pat on their back themselves.
Nepali brothers and sisters living in Kathmandu, be careful and vigilant when you walk around the city and help yourself with your safety and security. Security is too much to expect from this feeble government that cannot even share the pain and grief with the public when terror has struck right in the heart of the capital.
“Serial Bomb Blast Rocks Valley!”. News is everywhere and so are the opinions about it. Before I read the news, I wanted to see how far I am correct in my guesses about it. I knew people have gained expertise in solely one thing “Blame”; and this decade of blame from all sectors goes to the “powerless” King Gyanendra. My only question that arises “Isn’t it almost two years that the so called “democratic elites” are ruling the country?” And, I saw this change; Blasts. The Maoists have devastated Nepal, and still restructuring, but we “the democratic Nepalese” still think they are the revolutionists. Great! This view from the 90’s has emerged Nepal into global terrorism. The saddest irony, “democratic elites” consider this as democracy. If this is the truth, I believe, it is the urgency of time to change the meaning of democracy; we certainly would not like to hurt the feelings of Abraham Lincoln or Martin Luther King. Maybe the present day democracy of Nepal is following the path of dictatorship, and Maoism. It is now the demand of time for Nepalese to stop the blame game on King. I feel that people are tired to see this blame game. Prachnda wants to postpone the election, and why shouldn’t he? He is afraid to go back to jungle in his old age without the weapons and his army. Moreover, the blood sucker is getting old, the blood has frozen, and it is getting too late for his dream to be the First President of Nepal. Bhattarai, the frustrated failed person, does not realize what his demands are. Sometimes, I feel, Nepalese politics should be transferred to minor kids; at least they know what they are taking and asking, compared to these “defamed leaders”. Now, there we come–the Madhesis; what a mysterious ethnic tribe. I wonder if they will find what exactly they want. Civil liberty is a process, and Madhesis expect everything overnight. Sadly, Madhesh has not even been able to produce a good communicative leader. Do Madhesis want to be ruled by another Madhesi who are same as these pahade elites? If so, why to revolt and waste life of ordinary citizens? It should be noted, there were always Madheshis in Nepali politics, but who has emerged as a leader? I guess, None. Madehesh revolution united Madhesis, but alas, they are enslaved by Maoists and these party alliances. I wish they would speak different language than their fellows, and have an own opinion about Nepal. This strengthens my doubt of a New prosperous Nepal, and certainly forces me to believe that the new Nepal will be like another Iraq or Afghanistan. It is time not to be lead, but to lead, and to stop the blame on Monarchy; I know this being the easiest excuse to mislead the international organizations, is hard to give up, but at least try, I am sure Nepalese will find a way.
http://www.nepalmadhesh.blogspot.com
“I came on here to predict that some idiots were going to blame the Maoists for this. Too late…”
-One idiot predicting about some other idiots who are playing the blame game to idiot maoists…
– Some other idiots blaming idiot maoists, idiot king, idiot politicians
– Well now there is no more loktantra.. this is idiot loktantra
I myself, an idiot, can not stop commenting on other idiots.
neil,,,,,,,,,
thanks for the comment. at least everyone in this blog isnot idiot.
wot kind of people are blaming maoists? are they working for someone through this blog? i want to tell them…..stop pissing here ok? u idiots who blame to maoists……… do u know any history? do u have any political backgrounds knowledge? do u have any analytical capacity or just just as neil said as above?
dont u think maoists had enough capacity to kill each and everyone in nepal if they had acted as terrorists like wot three bombs could do? havenot u heard 31000 milatants in temporary camp plus 100s of thousands of whole timers cardres? are u totally dumb to blame?
“Did you forgot Hrithik Roshan Incident and Iraq Incident??? Both the incident gave Gyane an opportunity to usurp the power in Feb 1.”
The single sensible observation on this whole blog.
I think everyone in a position of leadership in this country should be removed once and for all by whatever means possible. That includes everyone not sparing anyone who have been or are in leadership positions in this country. The bottom line is that no incompetent or cowardly person can run a family or the country on a larger scale. Period.
All well meaning families have now begun to acquire the assistance of hit squads for the right purposes, sparing noone that is incompetent yet pretending to belong to decision or policy making positions. It won’t be surprising to see funeral rites for all the yappers and the incompetents parading in front of the media or behind it. Very few of you are aware that free hit squads are now available worldwide and only need contact and slight persuasion to carry out THE DEED.
Thank you and Jai Nepal.
People in the valley has been terrified by this act of terrorism. It’s too early to predict who is behind this heinous act of barbarism but one thing is certain it definitely have the hall marks of Maoists. Be it tigers,cobras,foxes,dogs they definitely have learned their technics from Maoists. Remember the Sajha bus bombing in Moaists insurgency days in Sundhara?? I wonder why some so called intellects who calls other “idiots” are not gutsy enough to acknowledge the fact??
Maoists may or may not be involved directly with the incident but they CERTAINLY are the influence behind it, it was them who captured 83 seats in the “interim parliament’ and 5 seats in cabinet by violent means, now some other terrorist groups following their footsteps. Are you supporters of maoists have any moral left to say at least Sorry for the victims??
I suspect only two groups will gain some leverage from the incident, the
group who will loose everything from the CA election, the King and the Maoists. Both are opposing the election and the outcome is very much predictable for both. And look at the irony, both have started blaming each other!! Does that insinuate anything??
And one more thing, the most incompetent of all the HM in the history of Nepal, Mr Shitoula must be held accountable too, if he cannot do his job right isn’t it just fair to replace him for the god sake?? Depending on some devine power from some Shit Indian Baba won’t help the security situation, now that is ‘Idiot” for me!!
I blame SPA and so called leaders of Nepal for this tragedy. This is what you get when you reward the voilence and murder. Whoever might have perpetrated this crime knows that crime pays and more you kill the people and more you bomb and maim the people greater the chances of you getting berth in Ministry and parliament. This is a new way to get into power in New Nepal. In way we Nepali janata is also to blame as we did not stand upto this Maoist terrorit voilence. So Maoist havet to take a blame here too as they are guru for all this sundry wannabe terrorists. and Neil you mentioned that Maoist has never killed innocent people just remember they have put bomb in baluwatar and one school children died and also innocent bystander also died when they put the bomp on Panchayat memorial park in teku so do not think that your friends maoist are above these crime. My personal belief is that what we saw yesterday is just a trailer and we have yet to watch whole horrifying movie. Thanks to our SPA, Maoist, so called nagarik samaj ka Haguwa, So called doller grower Human right and seto Hatti chadne Unlimited Nonsense (UN) fucker. and we must not forget to thank looser randi ko choro prchande ko havaldar Sitaula. He is smiling always and more peopel is dead more he smiles. carry on your good work mr.Situala. Jay Naya Nepal.
Dumb head idiots…it is the SP8M altogether who did the bombings. HM King and RNA should immediately take over power to stop bloodshed. Some of you are just faggots of the biggest criminal breed.
Neil-the problem is guess is prachanda and bhattarai’s testes are too good for u to smell and lick. Maoists taught violence to the people. Of course for a hippie like you whose hash and marijuana comes from the Maoist government, you must have been paid well to come on the blog so soon and type that nonsense. Your skin color can still make you go a long way in Nepal.
Of course not Neil.
Everything is caused by the Royalists. Why on earth should the Nepali people blame the Maoists for creating a culture of violence to achieve political goals? The Maoists came into the interim parliament through democratic votes and rule of law, didn’t they? It was “circumstances” that compelled the Maoists to take up arms, blow up the bus in Madi, slit Dekendra Thapa’s throat, assassinate members of the NC and UML for 10 long years. Right?
Of course the Maoists WANT CA elections. This is why that idiot Prachanda said in plain Nepali that he wanted the elections postponed, only to claim later that the press had “misinterpreted” what he said.
I’m sure you have full access to the meeting minutes of the Maoist plenum Neil. You must have been present yourself. Why don’t you tell this forum exactly what the Maoists said the CA elections would do to their party structure and their revolution?
Yes, that’s right Neil. Keep trying to cover up for your Maoist friends. See how much longer you can keep fooling the Nepali people with your “as much if not more” bull sh*t. Why don’t you try telling this forum that the terror attacks in our capital is “just as much if not more” terror than what the state unleashed during the civil war? See how far that gets you.
Nepal now is officially on the road to be another Afganistan and Iraq- and there is nothing anything you can do about it. The gang of 8 may send condolences and get into frenzy by saying attack on CA- now hold your horses, people. Gang of 8 whole heartedly espoused the idea of “free for all” by “any means avaliable” and now it has come to roost.
The funny things is- when a political party members or a group is attacked or killed- the whole Nepal shuts down but when a innocent bystander (school girl) is killed- there is not a word. Shame on you all people. Grow some balls if you have them. Its a foregone conclusion- Nepal cannot stand alone now -an example, all the experts in this blog making nuisance of their intelligence by blame game and partisan comments- just shows all chitter chatter no backbone or grit.
I am out of words now and too numb to say anything further.
I love maoism
I love maoism
I love maoism
As long we are safe inside our gated homes and glass laced walls, and no one blows up our babies and mothers, it does not concern us.. right…”khoi hamilai ta tha nai chaina” “astay ho” “kay garnay” … carry on … lets keep spitting and yapping ..
Bholi ta nepal bandha nai hola..
damn.. SHAME ON US indeed.
Maoist are the one started the culture of gun and bombs. Now we are seeing their by products.
Fascists are trying to turn back the situation…
The regressive forces are obviously fearing that the Constitiutonal Assembly is likely to be held.
Now they start their old system of frightening the public until they call the ‘strong’ man to give law and order back to them.
Terrorist acts aiming on the civil, simple people are always done by fascist, regressive forces.
Nepali people are no longer so stupid to believe that this has been done by the Maoists or by Madhesi people.
True, Maoists as well as the Madhesi groups have done acts of terrorism, but they always attack the state forces or their specific enemies.
Attacks like this, who aim on simple, common people are always done by groups trying to create a general atmosphere of fear, to create a public opinion in favour of an authoritarian system.
It needs a fascist mindset to kill innocent bystanders by will.
Believe whatever you want, AHIMSA knows, this is the evil work of regressive, fascist, pro-royal, right-wing terrorists.
Fascists are trying to turn back the situation…
The regressive forces are obviously fearing that the Constitutional Assembly is likely to be held.
Now they start their old system of frightening the public until they call the ‘strong’ man to give law and order back to them.
Terrorist acts aiming on the civil, simple people are always done by fascist, regressive forces.
Nepali people are no longer so stupid to believe that this has been done by the Maoists or by Madhesi people.
True, Maoists as well as the Madhesi groups have done acts of terrorism, but they always attack the state forces or their specific enemies.
Attacks like this, who aim on simple, common people are always done by groups trying to create a general atmosphere of fear, to create a public opinion in favour of an authoritarian system.
It needs a fascist mindset to kill innocent bystanders by will.
Believe whatever you want, AHIMSA knows, this is the evil work of regressive, fascist, pro-royal, right-wing terrorists.
hey neil and introvert here is a new national anthem of nepal for you
Jana Gana Mana Adhinayaka Jaya He
Bharat Bhagya Vidhata
Punjab Sindh Gujarat nepal Maratha
Dravida Utkala Banga
Vindhya Himachal sagarmatha Yamuna Ganga
Ucchala Jaladhi Taranga
Tubh Shubha Name Jage
Tubh Shubha Ashisha Mange
Gahe Tubh Jaya Gata
Jan Gan Mangaldayak Jay He
Bharat Bhagya Vidhata
Jaye He ! Jaye He ! Jaye He !
Jaye,Jaye,Jaye,Jaye He
i swear that if i find an ielts teacher called neil in ktm i will give him a good maoist welcome.
Neil,
Why don’t you say;
I love gun
I love bomb
but not ballot
I think spaM leaders like the line ;
Bharat bhagya Bidhata….
Wow, Ahimsa, Do not try to distort the reality by telling that Maoist does not target innocent people. They target innocent people in name of suraki if they do not like their face. Come down to reality man, Maoist are terrorist and father of all terrorist here otherwise why they should start war when there were parliament in place and these people were elected by People. Even if they were corrupt people has always chance to get rid of them in next election. Democracy is not perfect but it is the best form of governance we have, alternative is Maoist terrorist dictatorship or stupid Gyane’s dictatorship. I am angry with Maoist that after killing so many people now we are back to square one. only Changes is that Maoist got some berth in Cabinet and Parliament. So this could have been achieved peacefully. Another thing is this terrorist act showed other group that voilence will be rewarded and will go unpunished in name of political interest. This has created mayhem in society. Another issue is that Maoist raised the issue of ethnicity for their shor term gain without thinking of proper solution, now this issue has been like opening pandora box and this stupid SPA& M does not have any solution. Our country is now like blind man driving the car and accident is bound to happen and the cost will be borne by ordinary folks. Jai Naya Nepal.
How come some Nepalis know the Indian national anthem so well? Fishy!
kirat u cuksucker dumass u can use internet for more than posting stupid comments. oh have you got any bidder for your mother yet. im sure your indian masters are offering you a nice profitable deal.
Ok, Ahimsha, the Sajha Bus bombing in Sundhara( for defying the bandh in 2004 I think) was targeted against which state and specific enemies, can you elaborate??
Which state and specific enemy was targeted when they bombed Kathmandu Mall, would you specify??
What kind of state and specific enemies were there when they bombed an overcrowded passenger bus in MADI??
Common buddy, you are not that ….., maoists may not be behind this particular incident but they are CERTAINLY the main influence behind. The terrorist of this particular bombing are following the “legal” terrorists in the power. And make no doubt about it, if they continue some more bombings and some more killings ‘govt’ will ask them to give up the arms and sit for talk. What MPRF did in Gaur?? And look what they got now, their leader was hailed as liberator in capital( it’s another story that he has been thrown out of his party). The point is maoists and the SPA has set a bad precedent and it’s not a surprise that it is being followed. And interesting thing is , all these socalled groups are/were somehow related to moaists!! Make some sense?? I wouldn’t be suprised if these Terai Army and another group( if their claim is true) happend to be another splinter group of the mother terrorist party, the Maoists!!