Anti-charter protester shot dead by Nepal police

AFP, KATHMANDU: Nepal police fired into a crowd of demonstrators on Wednesday, killing one, as fresh protests erupted in the country’s southern plains over a new draft constitution.
Clashes broke out in the southeastern district of Saptari when hundreds of protestors threw stones and bottles as police tried to escort vehicles through a blocked national highway.  “One person was killed after police were forced to fire to control the aggressive demonstrators,” district police chief Narayan Prasad Chimuriya told AFP.

Anti-charter protester shot dead by Nepal police

AFP, KATHMANDU: Nepal police fired into a crowd of demonstrators on Wednesday, killing one, as fresh protests erupted in the countrys southern plains over a new draft constitution. Clashes broke out in the southeastern district of Saptari when hundreds of protestors threw stones and bottles as police tried to escort vehicles through a blocked national highway. One person was killed after police were forced to fire to control the aggressive demonstrators, district police chief Narayan Prasad Chimuriya told AFP.