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IED disposed in Rukum
A Nepal Army team has disposed an improvised explosive device discovered while digging the canal of Chaurjahari Tar Irrigation Project at Chisapani Municipality-10 in Rukum district.bookmark
Published at : March 6, 2018
Updated at : March 6, 2018 13:57
Rukum
A Nepal Army team has disposed an improvised explosive device discovered while digging the canal of Chaurjahari Tar Irrigation Project at Chisapani Municipality-10 in Rukum district.
The IED was discovered while an excavator was digging the canal for the project. The contractor informed the police after discovering the IED.
Police said the IED might have been planted during the insurgency period. Another IED was also found in the same area some four years ago. The stalled works of the irrigation project has resumed after the disposal of the IED.
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