[1][2][5] Outside of Kathmandu, bombs detonated in Jhapa, Pokhara, Biratnagar, Janakpur, Birgunj, Mahendranagar, Nepalganj and at Bhairahawa Airport.
[2] One of the groups claiming responsibility was the Nepal Janabadi Morcha of Ram Raja Prasad Singh.
[2] The government launched a new strict criminal law in response to the bombings, the Destructive Crimes (Special Control and Punishment) Act.
[3] The bombings also prompted the mainstream opposition, the Nepali Congress, to call off its satyagraha (civil disobedience) campaign that had been launched on May 23, 1985.
[1][3][4] At the time, there were persistent rumours that monarchist hardliners could have been involved in the incidents, in order to discredit the ongoing civil opposition campaign.