Nepal: Small Blast Hits Kathmandu Shopping Area
Source: Times of India 2009-01-01 18:32 Nepalese police officers investigate the site of a bomb blast in Kathmandu. Photo courtesy: AFP. 1 Jan 2009, 1722 hrs IST, IANS KATHMANDU: A 16-year-old Indian teenager was hurt as a bomb went off in a busy area of the capital Thursday, the third blast to disrupt life in the city since last week. Bimal Gupta, who came from Barganiya village in India's Bihar district to eke out his livelihood in the Nepali capital, was the only person injured by the bomb that went off near the post office at the Sundhara area of the capital, a busy commercial place teeming with shops, vehicles and people. Gupta, a garments pedlar, was selling his ware on the pavement before the post office when the bomb, kept in a white plastic bag nearby, went off around 1 p.m., injuring him in the leg. The Indian teenager was rushed to the nearby Bir Hospital where he was declared out of danger. The police said three