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Update: Church bombing claims third victim

Photos of victims from Compass Direct

Buddha Laxmi Joseph, one of the many Christians who sustained serious injuries when a bomb exploded inside the Assumption Catholic Church on the morning of May 23 in Kathmandu (read the story), died in hospital on June 1. Joseph, an Indian national, was the mother of 15-year-old Celeste Joseph who was killed
instantly by the blast.

A 27-year-old woman belonging to the group Hindu Rashtra Bachao Samiti (The Society to Save the Hindu Nation) has confessed to police that she planted the bomb in the church building and has been arrested. On May 29, the militant group the Nepal Defense Army released the following statement: "We want all the one million Christians out of the country, if not we will plant one million bombs in all the houses where Christians live and detonate them."

Click here to learn more about the opposition facing Christians in Nepal.

June 03, 2009

Nepal Profile

Location
Asia

Population
29,391,883 (July 2011 est.)

Ethnicity (%)
Chhettri (15.5), Brahman-Hill (12.5), Magar (7), Tharu (6.6), Tamang (5.5), Newar (5.4), Muslim (4.2), Kami (3.9), Yadav (3.9), other (32.7), unspecified (2.8)

Religion (%)
Hindu (75.01), Buddhist (16.00), Muslim (4.40), Christian (2.85), Other (1.74)

Leader
President Ram Baran Yadav

Government type
Federal democratic republic

Legal system
Based on Hindu legal concepts and English common law

Statistics provided by CIA World Factbook and Operation World.