Two dead as supporters of Nepal’s former king clash with police

Police secure the site of a house set on fire by a pro-monarchist group during a protest in Kathmandu, Nepal, on Friday (Niranjan Shrestha/AP)

A television cameraman was among two people who died on Friday when supporters of Nepal’s former king clashed with police during a rally in the capital to demand restoration of the Himalayan nation’s abolished monarchy.

Several protesters and police officers were injured in the clashes. The Home Ministry said an injured protester died while being treated in hospital, while a local TV station said one of its staff members was killed when a building he was filming from was set on fire.