An unidentified group Sunday simultaneously set off four separate bomb blasts along the highway leading to Lumbini, the birthplace of Lord Buddha situated some 180 km southwest of Kathmandu, reported the website ekantipur.com.

The group detonated two bombs at a bridge lying some eight kilometers west of Bhairahawa, the district headquarters and one each at market and Ghanghara Bridge Sunday morning, the police sources was quoted as saying.

According to the police, a group of six men on two motorcycles had rigged the blasts and then fled the scene.

The police believed that the explosion was just a scare-tactics since there was no destruction of life or infrastructure.

Source: Xinhua