Nepal police clash with devotees defying virus ban for festival
By AFP
07 September 2020 |
9:00 am
Nepali police fire tear gas and water cannon to halt a chariot festival that drew hundreds of Hindus and Buddhists onto the streets in defiance of coronavirus restrictions.
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