At least 11 people including Nepali Congress (NC) candidate for federal parliament from Kathmandu-4 and former health minister Gagan Thapa have been injured in a bomb explosion on Monday.
All the injured have been taken to the Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital (TUTH) for treatment.
According to doctors, four injured are in critical condition while seven others have suffered minor injuries.
They came under the bomb attack while they were at Mato Colony of Chapali in Budhanilkantha for the door-to-door election campaign.
Name of victims in critical condition
- Jaya Raj Lamichhane
- Raj Kaji Shrestha
- Reema Basnet
- Shyam Krishna Shrestha
Name of victims with minor injuries
- Roshan Ram Thapa
- Dhurba Khadka
- Pushpa Bahadur Shrestha
- Suman Khadka
- Gagan Thapa
- Radhika Karki
- Kashilal Shrestha