Church in Nepal hit by explosion

Source: BBC

Two people have been killed and at least 12 injured in an explosion at a Roman Catholic church in Nepal.

The blast, south of the capital Kathmandu, comes as the country's parliament prepares to elect a new prime minister.

Police cordoned off the area, which was strewn with shattered window panes.

No group has said it carried out the attack but police said they suspected the involvement of a Hindu extremist group, the Nepal Defence Army.

The little known organisation says it wants to restore Nepal's Hindu monarchy.

Police say the explosion took place during a service at the Church of the Assumption in Lalitpur.



Read more: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/8065051.stm

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One of the killed was a schoolgirl.

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RIP, young schoolgirl :(

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It is hypocritical for people on DU to laugh at the Freepers for not being able to handle either word choice or spelling when such things are (seemingly more frequently of late(?)) not properly taken care of here on DU. People here ought to care a bit more about this sort of thing - not being hypocritical, that is. So, it is nothing against you personally.

I am sorry that I suggested that you may be a Freeper.

Note: "Persecution" seems a bit much unless you have more information than what is in the article. If so, please share it and a link to the additional information. Is there a systematic effort to rid Nepal of Christians? There aren't many there to start with: the Nepali census question regarding religion does not even have Christianity as a separate class of religion - it can be noted by use the "7. Other ...." entry.

(see http://www.cbs.gov.np/Population/National%20Report%202001/LAGAT-1.htm)

R.I.P. to all the dead.

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You have to admit that interchanging prosecute and persecute is a Freeper-class mistake. It is similar to not getting the difference between effect and affect, for example.

I'll re-iterate my apology. I am sorry for implying that you may have been a Freeper.

Nevertheless, claiming that Christians are being "persecuted" on the basis of a under-reported, breaking story is quite reactionary. It is so reactionary that it can be mistaken for a right-wing position: n.b., the religious right loves to claim persecution. (You didn't type in IDKFA and IDDQD before posting, did you?)

Also, post count is not a sufficient means of determining anything except the number of posts.

The question remains if you have further evidence of "persecution". Is this a growing trend in Nepal or a single event? Have the other, more numerically-significant, religious groups in Nepal been attacked, too? Do you have a response with any evidence to back up your prior claim?

...in SW India have been occurring with some frequency. Hindu extremists also implicated there.

:-(