NEPAL : Police Protest Over Killing of 6 Officers
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From Times Staff and Wire Reports
Hundreds of police officers in Katmandu, Nepal’s capital, refused to go to work after six of their colleagues were killed by mobs in daylong rioting Monday. The attackers accused police of condoning and sometimes joining a pro-monarchist group blamed for violence and arson attacks since a new government headed by pro-democracy forces took office last week. A Cabinet minister said the army will be used to control any new upsurges of violence.
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