Tibetan protesters detained in a clash in Nepal

Thursday, April 24, 2008, 10:48 [IST]

Kathmandu, April 19, 2008 : Nepal police have detained 130 Tibetan protesters in Kathmandu after they tried to congregate outside the Chinese embassy in the city on Friday.

Police, said the detained protesters included 96 men and 34 women. The protesters with shaved heads they were dressed in maroon robes, and scuffled with the police before been driven away to detention centres.

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