Candidate shot and killed ahead of poll in Nepal

An official in Nepal says a communist party candidate has been shot and killed days before elections for a special assembly to rewrite Nepal’s constitution.

Candidate shot and killed ahead of poll in Nepal
Tue, 08 Apr, 2008 - 20:26

An official in Nepal says a communist party candidate has been shot and killed days before elections for a special assembly to rewrite Nepal’s constitution.

Government administrator Anil Pandey says Rishi Prasad Sharma was shot earlier today in Jahare Bazar town.

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