Nepalese police tear down earthquake victims’ camp

Wearing riot gear, police said they destroyed about 440 huts made of bamboo and plastic sheeting which had been home to about 2,000 people near Kathmandu’s Boudha Shrine.

Nepalese police tear down earthquake victims’ camp

Authorities have torn down hundreds of makeshift huts in Nepal’s capital, using bulldozers to level the largest temporary camp housing people who were made homeless when a devastating earthquake rocked the country two years ago.

Wearing riot gear, police said they destroyed about 440 huts made of bamboo and plastic sheeting which had been home to about 2,000 people near Kathmandu’s Boudha Shrine.

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