Blast of conflict-era explosive reopens old wounds

Two children were killed and two others were injured when an explosive suspected to be from war-era went off in Panchthar on Thursday.

Nine-year-old Dipsan Rai of Dadagaun in Panchthar’s Phalelung Rural Municipality-5 is unable to sleep well. He frequently cries in his sleep. “I am still frightened,” he says. He was injured when an explosive went off in Panchthar on Thursday. “I feel the explosive going off near my ear frequently.”