2005-12-17

Cities go Berserk!

"Our " city Bhaktpaur went up in flames yesterday... Not quite, not literally, but smoke was seen from our house, 3 km away... Marring otherwise quit day here in the coountryside: there was no traffic, just like the Nepal we remember from the 70-ies: people wlking, talking. But there was no gaeity as usual, no laughter or joking, from people wlkin up the hill towards Negarkot most have been to hospital and morgue.
Ther sitation in Bhaktapur is tense, running clashes with the cops, burning of tyres. Lot of cops with broken head from stones (more than 50!), and some 60 taken into custody. Yes, Bhaktapure now how to riot, they have not even in 250 years forgot once they had a Kingdom and a King and didn't take shit from nobody...

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