The authorities of Nepal They reported Wednesday that they will expand the curfew in the main cities of the country, especially in their capital, Katmandú. This decision was given after the resurface of the riots started on Monday that led to resign the prime minister KP Sharma Oli.
The Nepali Armed Forces They indicated in a statement the imposition of a series of prohibitions that will be maintained until 5:00 p.m. (local time), while the curfew extends until Wednesday.
“We will continue taking measures depending on how the situation in security matters evolves“, collects the text. The security forces warned that” anarchic elements have infiltrated the protests to carry out incendiary attacks, acts of vandalism and looting against public and private property “, in addition to 27 arrests.
“The commission of crimes of this type in the name of the protests will be addressed like any other and strong measures will be taken,” they stressed and stipulated that only firefighters and emergency services can go out during the curfew.
In addition, they requested “the collaboration of citizenship” and called for unity throughout the country to “protect national integrity, social harmony and support security forces.”
Prisoner’s leak in Nepal, after the riots
The Nepali army deployed a large security device after the escape of about 7,500 prisoners of numerous prisons located throughout the country, according to information collected by the newspaper ‘Republic’.
Data from the Ministry of Interior suggest that almost all of them fled from the prisons of Dillibazar, Chitwan, Nakkhu, Kanchanpur, Kailali, Jaleshwar, Kaski, Dang, Jumla, Solukhumbu, Gaur and and Bajhang. Along these lines, the authorities asked the population to “stay alert and act with caution before any suspicious activity.”
Crisis in Nepal: protests of the Z generation forced the resignation of the prime minister and caused at least 19 dead
The Prime Minister of Nepal, KP Sharma Oliresigned on Tuesday after protesters challenged a touch of indefinite remaining and faced with the police. The revolt crawls since Monday, the day she recorded 19 dead in protests caused by the prohibition of social networks.
The OLI government had to raise the digital ban today, after the intensification of yesterday’s protests when on that occasion the police triggered tear gas and rubber bullets against the protesters who tried to assault the Parliament. 19 people died there and More than one hundred injured in the riots were counted.
After the president resigned, abandoning his position by helicopter, protesters came to set the Parliament, said Al Jazeera. At the same time, videos on social networks suggest that the Minister of Finance was transferred by the angry mob but Reuters could not confirm that it was him.
Source: Ambito
