Incident Summary:

08/01/2019: Assailants set fire to an Ncell telecommunication tower in Baglung, Province 4, Nepal. There were no reported casualties in the attack; however, the tower was damaged. This was one of 31 attacks targeting telecommunication towers in Nepal in 24 hours. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to the Communist Party of Nepal - Maoist (CPN-Maoist-Chand).

GTD ID:
201908010009

When:
2019-08-01

Country:
Nepal

Region:
South Asia

Province/administrative
region/u.s. state:

Province 4

City:
Baglung

Attack Information
Type of Attack (more) Facility/Infrastructure Attack
Successful Attack? (more) Yes
Target Information (more)
Target Type: Telecommunication
Name of Entity Ncell
Specific Description Telecommunication Tower
Nationality of Target Nepal
Additional Information
Hostages No
Ransom No
Property Damage Yes
Extent of Property Damage Unknown
Value of Property Damage Unknown
Weapon Information
Type Sub-type
Incendiary Arson/Fire
Additional Information
Suicide Attack?No
Part of Multiple Incident?Yes
Criterion 1 (more) Yes
Criterion 2 (more) Yes
Criterion 3 (more) Yes
Doubt Terrorism Proper (more) No
Perpetrator Group Information
Group Name Claimed Responsibility
Communist Party of Nepal - Maoist (CPN-Maoist-Chand) No
Perpetrator Statistics
Number of Perpetrators Unknown
Number of Captured Perpetrators 0
Casualty Information
Total Number of Casualties 0 Fatalities / 0 Injured
Total Number of Fatalities 0
Number of U.S. Fatalities 0
Number of Perpetrator Fatalities 0
Total Number of Injured 0
Number of U.S. Injured 0
Number of Perpetrators Injured 0
Sources
"Ncell towers torched in far-west," Himalayan Times, August 2, 2019.
"NCell, NTC towers targets of Biplav’s sabotage," People's Review Nepal, August 1, 2019.