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Nepal Unrest Returns: Why Are Gen-Z Protesters Clashing with KP Sharma Oli’s Party Again? What Triggered the New Curfew?
Authorities reimposed a curfew in Bara district after protests by Gen Z youths against CPN-UML leaders led to injuries, arrests, and flight cancellations near Simara Airport.
- On Thursday, authorities reimposed a curfew in Bara district after clashes injured 10 people near Simara Airport and Simara Chowk to contain the situation.
- News that a Buddha Air flight carrying Shankar Pokharel, CPN-UML General Secretary, and Mahesh Basnet, CPN-UML youth leader, to Simara triggered clashes as hundreds of Gen Z youths gathered, shouting slogans against their arrival.
- Authorities fired six tear gas canisters and two aerial rounds after Gen Z protesters pelted stones and torched the Simara Bazaar police beat, also damaging items at the UML office in Simara.
- The district administration office, Bara issued a curfew from 12:30 pm to 8:00 pm within a 500-metre radius of the airport and on Gandak canal–Pathlaiya road; police arrested Dhan Bahadur Shrestha and Kaimoddin Ansari after complaints at the Area Police Office, Simara.
- K. P. Sharma Oli's party has led rallies since the House of Representatives dissolved on September 12, while Gen Z activists seek action over alleged September 9 killings.
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Nepal unrest returns: Why are Gen-Z protesters clashing with KP Sharma Oli’s party again? What triggered the new curfew?
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