Six People Dead, Dozens Injured in Clashes With Police in Nepal's Capital - Reports

MOSCOW, Sept 8 (Bernama-Sputnik/RIA Novosti) -- Six people died and several dozens were injured during clashes between police and protesters in Nepal's capital of Kathmandu sparked by the government's ban on several social media platforms, the Kathmandu Post newspaper reported on Monday, citing local hospitals, according to Sputnik/RIA Novosti.

Two injured protesters died at Civil Hospital while undergoing treatment, Mohan Chandra Regmi, executive director of the hospital, told the newspaper. Another four people hurt during the protest died at the Trauma Centre, a doctor at the hospital said, adding that 10 other seriously injured demonstrators are receiving treatment at the hospital.

On September 4, the Kathmandu Post reported that Nepalese authorities have banned a number of major social media sites that failed to register with the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology within the required deadline. The platforms banned included X, Telegram, YouTube and Meta's Instagram, Facebook and WhatsApp (banned in Russia for extremism), Reddit, LinkedIn and others.

The situation escalated after protesters breached the Nepalese parliament building, which forced law enforcement to use water cannons, tear gas, and live ammunition, resulting in injuries among demonstrators, the report said. Following the clashes, Kathmandu authorities introduced a curfew in several districts of the city.

-- BERNAMA-SPUTNIK/RIA NOVOSTI