Bomb blasts in four districts (Update 7:15 pm)

Kathmandu, January 20:  Four bomb blasts took place between 11.10 am and 2.10 pm in four different dzongkhags on Sunday, including one in the capital, Thimphu, Kuensel reported.

According to Kuensel, the first blast went off at 11:10 am near the vegetable market in Samste district that did not injure any one or damage property.

The second blast took place at 11:45 am in Thimphu town. It shattered the window panes of buildings in the area and unnerved shopkeepers, residents, and passersby in the area but no injuries were reported.

At 1:20 pm a third blast occurred near the gate of the Tala Guest House in Gedu, in Chukha district. A woman has been injured in the blast on her right leg and has been taken to Gedu Hospital for treatment.

At 2:10 pm the fourth blast occurred in Dagapela, in Dagana ddistrict. Police recovered a second explosive device, which did not go off, in the same area.

Police authority said investigations are underway and claimed one of the three militant organizations — the Bhutan Tiger Force, the Bhutan Maoists Party and the Communist Party of Bhutan – might have detonated the bombs. Bhutan News Service