Nepal protesters also pelted stones at security forces, injuring six police personnel, while four Gen-Z protesters were also reported injured. Read on:
(Photo Credit : Bara District Back Under Curfew After Gen-Z–UML Clash (Photo: X via News18) )
1 / 5Fresh unrest broke out on Thursday, November 20, in Nepal’s Bara district, bordering India, after clashes between Gen-Z demonstrators and supporters of former prime minister KP Sharma Oli’s party left at least 10 people injured, prompting authorities to reimpose a curfew in the area. (Photo: X via News18)
(Photo Credit : Nepal protests on November 19-20 (PTI) )
2 / 5Tensions flare at Simara Chowk: The situation deteriorated at Simara Chowk when protesting youths returned to the streets a day after an earlier confrontation with cadres of the Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist), accusing the police of failing to act on their complaint related to Wednesday’s (November 19) violence, as reported by The Kathmandu Post. (PTI)
(Photo Credit : Nepal protests on November 19-20 (PTI) )
3 / 5In response, the local administration in Bara announced a curfew from 1 pm to 8 pm (local time) in an attempt to prevent further damage and casualties. (PTI)
(Photo Credit : Nepal protests on November 19-20 (PTI) )
4 / 5“However, the prohibitory order failed to take effect, with demonstrators pouring into the streets and clashing with police. Authorities fired six tear gas canisters and two rounds of aerial fire after protesters defied the curfew and continued advancing,” local news portal Khabarhub was reported as saying by PTI. “Protesters also pelted stones at security forces, injuring six police personnel, while four Gen-Z protesters were also reported injured,” it added. (PTI)
(Photo Credit : Demonstrators carrying Nepal’s national flag stage a protest outside the Parliament in Kathmandu on September 8 (AFP Photo).)
5 / 5The UML has been organising demonstrations nationwide, seeking the reinstatement of the House of Representatives, which was dissolved on September 12 following the Gen-Z-led movement that forced Oli to step down on September 9. Activists have also demanded accountability for the alleged mass killing of protesters during earlier demonstrations over corruption and a proposed social media ban under the former Oli administration. (AFP Photo).
