| Nepali Kanchi |
Posted
on 12-Oct-02 07:54 PM
An explosion in the Nepalese capital, Kathmandu, has killed at least one person and injured at least another eight.
The blast destroyed a statue of the late King Mahendra, the father of the present monarch, King Gyanendra.
Police said that three men on motorcycles had been seen putting the explosive device beside the statue of the king in the city's Kalimati district, outside the main vegetable market.
"The sound of the blast was so loud that it jolted me out of my bed around 0530 (2345GMT Friday)," said Narayan Manandhar, a local resident.
"Blood is splattered everywhere around the statue after the blast," he said.
"The blast completely destroyed the statue of late King Mahendra, nothing remains now," he added.
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