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Katmandu: 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, 2009 in Kathmandu, 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."
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