Strike Over Deaths Shuts Down Nation
From Times Wire Reports
A general strike called by Communist parties to protest four deaths during recent rioting shut down Nepal, leaving businesses and schools closed and vehicles off roads. Two people were killed Sunday in the southern town of Rajbiraj, 150 miles southeast of Katmandu, the capital, when police fired at demonstrators protesting last week’s violence, the Katmandu Post reported. Two others had been killed during the earlier demonstrations over anti-Nepal remarks allegedly made by Indian film star Hrithik Roshan.
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