KATHMANDU - Soldiers shot dead six people on Wednesday and wounded three others after firing on a crowd of protesters outside an army camp in eastern Nepal, an army official said. The soldiers shot the demonstrators after they had gathered and fired two shots to protest the death of a woman who was killed by troops in an “ambush” after reported “suspicious activities” near the camp on Tuesday evening, the official said. “For self-defence they opened fire and killed six people and injured three others,” said the official on customary condition of anonymity.| Shooting at cops anywhere in the world generally earns you a hail of lead ... |
Security forces opened fire at 1:30 pm (0745 GMT) at the camp in the town of Belbari, 590 kilometres (370 miles) southeast of Kathmandu, said Kundan Aryal, general secretary of Informal Sector Service Centre, a Nepalese rights group. The rights group said the army had taken the six bodies.