Nepal: Govt blames King for protests crackdown

A Nepalese government commission has found King Gyanendra responsible for a deadly crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrators in April that left at least 19 dead and several hundred injured, officials said today.

Nepal: Govt blames King for protests crackdown
Mon, 20 Nov, 2006 - 07:05

A Nepalese government commission has found King Gyanendra responsible for a deadly crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrators in April that left at least 19 dead and several hundred injured, officials said today.

The commission handed the report to prime minister Girija Prasad Koirala, who said those found guilty in the report would be punished.

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