Bomb Explodes At Indian Diplomatic Outpost In Nepal

Bomb explodes at Indian diplomatic outpost in Nepal

A bomb that exploded outside an Indian diplomatic post in southern Nepal caused damage and drew attention for being a rare attack on a foreign mission, officials said.

Kathmandu, (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 17th Apr, 2018 ) :A bomb that exploded outside an Indian diplomatic post in southern Nepal caused damage and drew attention for being a rare attack on a foreign mission, officials said.

The homemade device went off late Monday at Biratnagar, 200 kilometres (125 miles) southeast of Kathmandu and close to the Indian border.

"There were no injuries in the pressure-cooker bomb blast, but the wall suffered some minor damage.

We are investigating," senior district police official Arun Kumar told AFP. Police suspect involvement of a Maoist splinter group which had called a strike in the area, but no one has claimed responsibility for the explosion.