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on 05-Jul-02 03:01 AM
Seven injured in bomb attack on Nepal PM's new party office
AFP
Kathmandu , July 05
At least seven persons were injured, four seriously, when a bomb exploded on Friday at the office of Nepalese Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba's new party, a government minister said.
Physical Planning and Public Works Minister Chiranjibi Wagle said he was on the first floor of the building when the bomb exploded "with a loud noise".
He said four people were seriously injured while three others received minor injuries.
The Prime Minister was not present in the office when the bomb went off.
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on 05-Jul-02 06:54 AM
Bomb rocks Nepal PM's party offices
Mr Deuba (centre) was not in the office at the time
A bomb has exploded at offices in the Nepalese capital, Kathmandu, used by supporters of Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba.
Ten people were injured in the blast at the main office of the Nepali Congress Party.
A young man was seen rushing out of the building covering his face after throwing the powerful bomb
Senior minister Chiranjive Wagle
Dozens of people are said to have been gathering for a meeting at the time of the explosion, but Mr Deuba was not among them.
Party officials said a senior government minister, Chiranjivi Wagle, had just entered the premises when the bomb went off, but that he was safe.
"A young man was seen rushing out of the building covering his face after throwing the powerful bomb," Mr Wagle told the AFP news agency.
Damage
The explosion damaged part of the building and shattered windows in nearby houses.
Eyewitnesses said they saw smoke coming out of the ground floor of the building.
The injured were rushed to hospital and security personnel cordoned off the area.
Police have cordoned off the building
Prime Minister Deuba has also visited the scene.
It is not yet clear who is behind the attack.
Maoist rebels have been waging an armed struggle to establish a Communist state and have in the past hit government targets.
But the Nepali Congress is also embroiled in a bitter internal struggle between Mr Deuba and former premier Girija Prasad Koirala.
The rift arose from Mr Deuba's decision in May to dissolve parliament and call early elections when party leaders refused to back his plan to extend a state of emergency aimed at dealing with the insurgency.
Emergency row
The state of emergency was re-imposed in Nepal in late May by royal decree on Mr Deuba's recommendation, two days after it lapsed amid a bitter row over moves to extend it.
Mr Koirala opposed Mr Deuba's emergency move
Mr Deuba had attempted to win parliamentary approval for extending the state of emergency.
But when it became clear that parliament would not back him, he dissolved it and called elections.
Precise casualty figures are almost impossible to establish, but it is thought that thousands of people have died during the six-year insurgency.
Mr Deuba, who took over from Mr Koirala in 2001 with a pledge to end the rebellion peacefully, has ruled out negotiations with the rebels since they broke a ceasefire in November and resumed attacks.
Mr Koirala and his faction oppose the state of emergency, saying parliament had already passed adequate measures to deal with the insurgency.
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