Reports say police have opened fire at a huge mass of demonstrators at Koteswore in the Nepali capital, Kathmandu, on Sunday afternoon.
Nepal F. M.—a private sector radio station—reported that at least three persons were hit with rubber bullets. Tika Prasad Dhakal, a resident of Kavre, was taken to the B & B hospital by a UN vehicle. A correspondent told the radio that police opened fire without warning at the demonstrators, without prior warning and without resotring to tactics like baton charging and firing tear gas shells, to disperse a crowd of an estimated 30,000 people that was trying to reach to the Ring Road from inner parts of the city.
Thousands of demonstrators clashed with security personnel at Kalanki of Ring Road and other parts of the city as anti-king demonstrations continued in the Nepali capital on Sunday by defying the curfew orders.
According to reports, demonstrators – including those who have arrived from Kirtipur—clashed with police as the latter tried to stop them from moving towards Soaltee Mode in the inner parts of the city.
Three tiers of security have been set up to stop the demonstrators. On the front are civilian police followed by the personnel of Armed Police Force who are backed up the Royal Nepalese Army personnel. The number of soldiers patrolling the street is considerably higher today.
Unlike Saturday when hundreds of thousands of people had marched towards the city center, security personnel are trying hard to stop masses from moving towards inner parts of the capital.
Huge masses carrying party flags are marching along the Ring Road. They have put up barriers at several points of the Ring Road to stop security vehicles from plying.
There are reports of clashes between security personnel and pro-democracy demonstrators at several places of the capital. nepalnews.com by Apr 23 06