Incident Summary:

03/18/2008: Members of the Jwala Singh faction of Janatantrik Terai Mukti Morcha gunned down the Peoples' Front of Nepal candidate Kamal Prasad Adhikari in Banke district.

GTD ID:
200803180013

When:
2008-03-18

Country:
Nepal

Region:
South Asia

Province/administrative
region/u.s. state:

Mid-Western

City:
Banke District

Attack Information
Type of Attack (more) Armed Assault
Successful Attack? (more) Yes
Target Information (more)
Target Type: Private Citizens & Property
Name of Entity Candidate of the Peoples' Front of Nepal
Specific Description Kamal Prasad Adhikari
Nationality of Target Nepal
Additional Information
Hostages No
Ransom No
Property Damage No
Weapon Information
Type Sub-type
Firearms Unknown Gun Type
Additional Information
Suicide Attack?No
Part of Multiple Incident?No
Criterion 1 (more) Yes
Criterion 2 (more) Yes
Criterion 3 (more) Yes
Doubt Terrorism Proper (more) No
Perpetrator Group Information
Group Name Claimed Responsibility
Janatantrik Terai Mukti Morcha- Jwala Singh (JTMM-J) Yes (Confirmed: Unknown; Mode: Unknown)
Perpetrator Statistics
Number of Perpetrators Unknown
Number of Captured Perpetrators 2
Casualty Information
Total Number of Casualties 1 Fatalities / 0 Injured
Total Number of Fatalities 1
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
Anirban Roy, “Poll candidate, two others killed in Nepal,” Hindustan Times March 19, 2008.
"Election candidate among three shot dead in western Nepal,” Deutsche Presse-Agentur, March 19, 2008.