Maoists Shut down Nepal
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Maoists forcefully shut down all transport and business in Nepal today, in retaliation for an incident in Kailiki, a district in the far western Terai. On Friday, police had used deadly force in the removal of Maoist aligned landless squatters from forest land. At least four were killed.
Small bands of Maoists carrying sticks roamed the streets to enforce the shutdown, in some cases even threatening bicycle riders. Only press, ambulances, diplomatic and tourist only vehicles were spared.
A Maoist who was shutting down shops in Thamel, Kathmandu stated, "We are doing the strike, bandh, because the government has killed innocent homeless people in the kilali district 2 days before. ... A committee has to be formed by the government and it has to be investigated, and who is found guilty, he has to get punishment in that incident."
Contributor: NHorning
Location :SOUTH ASIA, Nepal, Kathmandu
Date: 6 December 2009
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