A little-known group demanding free education for all Nepalese children exploded cylinder bombs outside three schools here today, causing minor damage.
No one was injured in the explosion, police said, adding unexploded bombs were also found at five other schools in the city.
"Cylinder bombs exploded at Akash Deep Boarding School and Manakamana Higher Secondary School in Jorpati, Kathmandu, at around 3:45 this morning. The unexploded devices found in front of five other schools in Kathmandu were either detonated or removed," police chief SP Bikram Singh Thapa was quoted as saying by The Kathmandu Post.
Nepal Army bomb disposal team have been mobilised on the schools to defuse the bombs.
Two persons were arrested on suspicion of being behind the blasts. Pamphlets were found near the blast sites and attached to the unexploded devices from a little-known group demanding free education for all Nepalese children, Thapa said.
No injuries were reported, and that the explosions caused minor damage to the schools' gates, he added.
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Meanwhile, the private school operators have condemned the bombings and demanded stern action against those involved in the planting of bombs in school premises.
The chairpersons of all three organisations of private schools - HISSAN, PABSON and NPABSON - slammed the government for its failure to provide security to the schools and warned of agitation if the authorities failed to book the perpetrators.
Talking to reporters, Karna Bahadur Shahi, the chairperson of National Private and Boarding Schools' Organisation in Nepal (NPABSON), held theMinistry of Education responsible for today's coordinated bombings in schools.
