Curfew being imposed again

June 5, 2001
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Kathmandu, June 5: Following the second day of violence, curfew in being imposed  in the capital and neighbouring Lalitpur for the second successive day from 12 PM Tuesday six hours after it was lifted at 5 AM, police said.

A 13 hour curfew was imposed Monday in the towns after  four people were killed, including a policemen, and more than 30 others were injured as police clashed with demonstrators demanding a probe into a massacre at the royal  palace Friday night killing 10 members of the royal family  and immediate relatives; several others injured are undergoing treatment at the Birendra Military Hospital at Chawani.

King Gyanendra Monday night said he will make public the result of a probe that is investigating the shoot-out. Chief Justice Keshab Prasad Upadhaya heads the three member probe.

“We have to be cautious and united as attempts could be made to undermine our national unity, sovereignty and nationality taking undue advantage of this unimaginable circumstances in the history of Nepal,”
the King said in an address to the nation Monday night. Meanwhile, authorities scotched rumours that started Monday  the city’s tap water and milk supplies were poisoned. Curfew has not been slapped in Bhaktapur.