What the records say
- When
- 21 Mar 2004
- Kind
- Terrorist attack
- Killed
- 518
- Where
- Dhading district, Central
- Coordinates
- 27.96° N, 84.90° E
- Wounded
- 216
- Attack
- Armed Assault, Bombing/Explosion
- Target
- Government (General)
- Weapon
- Firearms, Explosives
- Outcome
- Carried out
- Claimed
- No
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
Summary
Nepalese Communist Party (Maoist) members attacked a small town in Bedi, Nepal. During the attack, the Maoists bombed a bridge, looted a state-owned bank, bombed local administrative offices, freed prisoners from a local jail, and bombed an airport. Government forces battled confronted Maoists in long battle, which reportedly killed 500 Maoists and 18 security personnel and wounded 200 Maoists and 16 security personnel.
From the Global Terrorism Database’s own summary of the attack.
The source
- Global Terrorism DatabaseSTART, University of MarylandGTD terms of use: non-commercial, no redistribution
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