Nepal’s armed group claims responsibility of the blast (Update)

Damak, July 01: An armed rebellion group in Nepal’s southern belt has claimed responsibility over the explosion at the Damak office of International Organization of Migration (IOM).

In a phone call to local journalists, local leader of the group named Janatantrik Terai Mukti Morcha led by a person called Jwala Singh, Arjun Yadav said the explosion at the IOM was not intended.

According to local media reports, Yadav said his party had targeted the telephone towers and other infrastructure of the area against the ignorance of the Nepalese government towards their demands, but unfortunately it exploded at IOM due to mistakes by the party cadres.

Three minor blasts hurled by from outside on Monday night had destroyed some infrastructure near the gate. Bhutan News Service