KAILALI, June 26: A Nepali Army sergeant was killed and a captain was injured after a grenade exploded during a firing exercise in Kailali on Thursday.
The incident occurred at Jalpa Community Forest in Mohanyal Rural Municipality-7 during a military exercise. Sergeant Himal Bikram Bista was critically injured in the explosion and later died during treatment at Lal Ratna Hospital in Lamki, Kailali, at around noon, Nepal Police said.
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Captain Himraj Joshi, who was nearby, was also injured by shrapnel. His condition is reported to be normal, and he has been flown to Kathmandu by a Nepal Army helicopter for further treatment.
Police said the incident occurred while a team from the Sudurpaschim Division Training Centre at Gorange Barracks was conducting a grenade firing exercise. Further investigation is underway.
