Pro-monarchy Supporters Clash With Security Forces in Nepal During March Toward Secretariat

Hundreds of pro-monarchy protesters on Monday clashed with the security forces during a march toward central administrative secretariat Singha Durbar in Kathmandu to pay tribute to Nepal’s late king Prithvi Narayan Shah on his 299th birth anniversary. The clashes broke out when the riot police stopped the pro-monarchy protesters while they were heading toward the statue of the late king in front of the Singha Durbar to place garlands on it as it is a restricted area, the Kathmandu Post reported.

Some protestors were injured in the clashes, the paper said. Carrying the national flag and pictures of Prithvi Narayan Shah, the protestors…