Soldier guns down Nepalese festival-goers

A soldier killed about a dozen civilians returning from a festival near Nepal’s capital Katmandu, apparently after an argument broke out between him and local villagers, officials said today.

The soldier was also killed in the incident but it was not clear how he died, said Bashanta Raj Bhattarai, the chief administrative official of Bhakatpur district, saying an investigation was under way.