Second blast in Samtse

Phuentsholing, February 04: In less than two weeks, the south west district of Bhutan, Samtse experienced the second blast, adding fears among the residents of being attacked by armed groups.

A statement issued by Royal Bhutan Police said a bomb exploded behind the Renewal Natural Resources (RNR) office in Ghmauney gewog at midnight today. It further said, two more unexploded bombs were found in the area, one behind the RNR office and another behind the office of gup (head of village).

The RNR office was used as a polling station during the first phase of upper house election on December 31 and has been used as residence by returning officer and the national officer deployed for National Assembly election scheduled for March 24. Bhutan News Service