SIMKOT, March 29: A team of Nepal Army (NA) has disposed of a twine bomb (Sutali) planted in between two houses in Simkot Rural Municipality-2, Thehegaun in Humla.
House owner Log Bhandari had informed the Thehe Police Post. Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) of District Police Office Humla, Heramba Sharma shared that the NA bomb disposal team from headquarters Simkot had defused the improvised explosive devices.
Maoist ex-combatants set off bombs at schools, 2 arrested
According to the police, a twine bomb and a socket bomb were discovered during reconstruction of an old house. It was suspected that the then Maoists might have planted the bombs. A copy of the old Janadesh newspaper (Chaitra 2, 2061 BS) was also found along with the bomb, which prompted the police to suspect that it was planted during the armed conflict, said the District Police Office, Humla.
According to the Thehe Police Post, the bombs and a newspaper covered with a plastic were found between the walls of two houses of Rawal and Bhandari of Thehe. A NA team headed by Kedar Thapa disposed bombs on Sunday.
