Landslide obstructs vehicular movement on Narayangarh-Muglin road section
Vehicular movement along the Narayangarh-Muglin road section has been obstructed following a landslide at Kerabari in Bharatpur Metropolitan City-29. Two-way traffic has been disrupted due to the landslide, DSP Narahari Adhikari of the District Police Office, Chitwan said. Efforts are being made to clear the mudslide, he said. Officials have been facing difficulties to remove the debris due to torrential rainfall.
Dengue cases on the rise in Kanchanpur
Kanchanpur district has witnessed increasing risk of dengue virus outbreak. According to the District Health Office, four out of 20 tested were diagnosed with dengue in Dodhara-Chadani Municipality last week. Chief at the District Health Jaya Bahadur Mahara said that four India returnees were detected with dengue. "Three men and a woman were diagnosed with dengue", he said, adding, "The dengue-infected men had returned from India while the father and brother of the infected woman were also India returnees". Dodhara-Chadani is the territory of Nepal sharing an open border with India. Chances of dengue transmission are high here due to frequent mobility of the people across the border. Dengue is transmitted through the bites of Aedes Argypti and Aedes albopictus. Despite the rise in the cases, the health facilities here have come across a shortage of testing kits, the office sources said. Medical Superintendent of Mahakali Province Hospital, Dr Arjun Bhatta said the number of patients of Malaria and dengue has increased in the hospital of late. "There is an immoderate rise of patients with viral fever in the hospital", he said.
Elderly man killed in Jhapa wild elephant attack
An elderly man died in a wild elephant attack in Jhapa on Wednesday. The deceased has been identified as Devi Bahadur Adhikari (80) of Bahradashi Rural Municipality-1. DSP Basanta Pathak of the District Police Office, Jhapa said that the wild elephant attacked him while he had gone to the Manakamana Community Forest to collect fodder for the cattle at around 10 am. Critically injured in the incident, he was rushed to a hospital in Birtamod. After he could not be treated at Birtamod, he was taken to the Dharan-based BP Koirala Institute of Health and Sciences but breathed his last on the way, DSP Pathak said. Further investigation into the incident is underway, police said.
Indianapolis man arrested in shooting of 3 Dutch soldiers
Indianapolis police arrested a man Tuesday in connection with a shooting over the weekend that left one Dutch soldier dead and two wounded, BBC reported.
Shamar Duncan, 22, of Indianapolis, was arrested on a preliminary charge of murder, the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department said.
Duncan was being held in jail and will not be eligible for release from jail while the Marion County Prosecutor’s Office reviews the case, police said.
Duncan’s arrest did not appear in online court records, and it wasn’t clear whether he has an attorney who might comment on the case.
A 26-year-old member of the Dutch Commando Corps, identified by U.S. authorities as Simmie Poetsema, died of his injuries “surrounded by family and colleagues,” the Dutch Defense Ministry said in a statement Monday.
The shooting occurred Saturday in downtown Indianapolis.
“IMPD detectives want to thank members of the community for their cooperation during this investigation,” IMPD spokesman Shane Foley said. “During the investigation, multiple individuals spoke with detectives and provided detectives with video connected to the investigation.” Dutch Defense Minister Kajsa Ollongren expressed concern Tuesday about gun violence in the United States in the aftermath of the shooting.
“We do many trainings of our servicemen in the United States, and we really don’t expect this to happen. So it’s very, very concerning for us.” Ollongren told The Associated Press at a meeting of European Union defense ministers in Prague.
Poetsema and the two other soldiers were shot after what Indianapolis police believe was a disturbance outside the hotel where they were staying about 3:30 a.m. Saturday near several downtown bars and nightclubs, authorities said. The soldiers were in the US for training exercises at a southern Indiana military base.
Indianapolis Mayor Joe Hogsett said Monday that the soldiers had returned to the hotel after a “scuffle” at a bar and were outside when the gunfire came from what he called “a drive-by shooting.”
Indianapolis police declined to confirm Hogsett’s account Tuesday or release more information on the circumstances or the investigation of the shooting, according to BBC.
Ollongren declined to comment on the shooting while investigations continue. She said there is “good contact” between Dutch military police and authorities in Indianapolis.
“We have read things in the media, we have heard what the mayor said but we feel it’s very important to have a real thorough investigation. So we’re waiting for that until we comment on what actually happened,” she said.
Ollongren said US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin contacted her Monday “to express his regrets and his condolences.”
Hogsett said he believed the city’s downtown area was safe and that city officials were working to reduce violence.
“Too often, not just in Indianapolis, conflict resolution has become just people pulling out guns and shooting each other,” Hogsett said.
