Katmandu: Nepal’s prime minister has appealed for calm after clashes erupted between young activists and loyalists of the former ruling party that was overthrown in a deadly uprising in September.
Police said on Thursday calm had returned to Simara, a town in Nepal’s southern Bara district some 100 kilometers (62 miles) south of Katmandu, a day after clashes between rival protesters.
At least 76 people were killed during demonstrations on September 8 and 9 that were triggered by anger over a brief government ban on social media and led by protesters under the loose “Gen Z” umbrella title.
Gen Z members and supporters of ousted former prime minister KP Sharma Oli’s Communist Party of Nepal — Unified Marxist Leninist (CPN-UML) both held rallies in Simara on Wednesday.
Scuffles broke out, some close to the airport, that prompted authorities to impose a curfew.
