Police fire on protestors defying durfew

Police fired rubber bullets at thousands of protesters on the eastern edge of the Nepalese capital today, injuring at least three, news reports said.

Thousands of anti-monarchy protesters were trying to cross into the city limits of Katmandu, where an 11-hour curfew has been imposed, when police first fired tear gas and then opened fire with rubber bullets, the independent Kantipur television said.