Protesters Clashed With Nepal Police, Killing 20 Over Constitution
KABUL: (Middle East Press) At least seventeen police officers have been killed including SSP and three protesters after violent clashes broke out at a demonstration in western Nepal.
The ethnic Tharu protesters were at a rally in Kailali district in the Far Western region, demanding greater rights under a new constitution.
Nepal’s Home Minister Bamdev Gautam said protesters had encircled police, attacking them with spears and axes and burning one SSP alive.
The army would be sent in to secure the area, he added.
Nepal has seen several protests in recent weeks against a new draft constitution being discussed by parliament.
Minority ethnic groups argue that the new constitution, which would divide the country into seven federal states, would discriminate against them and give them insufficient autonomy.
