150 arrested as students and police clash in Nepal

Police in Nepal fought frenzied street battles today with activists during their four-day general strike against the king’s rule, and 150 people were reported arrested in a crackdown that has sparked international condemnation.

In the biggest clash on the second day of the strike, hundreds of students burned and ransacked a post office in the Patan neighbourhood of the capital, Kathmandu, and hurled stones at police, who tried to force them back with tear gas.