Click to play videoKathmandu: Police fired rubber bullets at hundreds of protesters on the northern edge of Kathmandu on Monday, wounding at least seven during a seven-hour curfew.
Police first fired tear gas and then rubber bullets at the protesters at Basundhara neighborhood, wounding at least seven, according to the independent Kantipur radio.
The protest was smaller than on previous days and on the ring road. The government notice had said curfew covered the area inside the ring road, which circles the capital Kathmandu. It was not clear why the police decided to stop the protest.
The Nepal Government imposed a curfew in Kathmandu for the sixth consecutive day on Monday as political parties continued their demonstrations against King Mahendra.
The seven-party alliance, which leads the democracy movement in the country, plans to organise a rally on the ring road encircling Kathmandu on Tuesday.
The parties hope to draw 1.5 million people to the rally to exert pressure on the king. Nepali Congress General Secretary Ramchandra Poudyal and CPN-UML leader Bamdev Gautam said demonstrations would not end until full democracy is restored.
More than 50,000 people defied the curfew on Sunday and four persons were seriously injured when the army, which has shoot-at-sight orders, opened fire. Several people were injured in police lathicharge at four places in Kathmandu.
An anti-king rally was held for the first time in the famous tourist spot of Jomsom, the district headquarters of Mustang in northwest Nepal.
Maoist attack in northern Nepal
Maoist rebels attacked security bases and government buildings overnight in Nepal’s mountainous north-central region, officials said on Monday.
Details were sketchy about the overnight attack at Chautara, about 120 km northeast of Kathmandu, but officials said the attackers knocked down the telecommunication tower around midnight cutting off all communications.
The attack began late last night but fighting continued until early Monday.
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