Police seize bodies of Nepal protesters
Nepalese police opened fire on thousands of protesters today who were marching toward the capital Kathmandu, killing at least three and wounding dozens of others, witnesses and hospital officials said.
Doctors at Model hospital in Kathmandu said three people had died and more than 40 were in serious condition, mostly with head injuries, after police fired rubber and live bullets at protesters.
Police stormed the hospital later and seized the dead bodies.
Hospital staff reached by telephone said police did not give a reason for taking the bodies.
Relatives had not reached the hospital to identify or claim the bodies because of a curfew in Kathmandu.
Among the wounded, at least 10 were in critical condition, a doctor at the hospital said.
Police fired both rubber and live bullets in the Kalanki area on the western edge of Kathmandu, said Kunjan Aryal of INSEC-Nepal, a Kathmandu-based rights group.
An estimated 30,000 people from surrounding villages were marching toward Kathmandu.
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