Pahalgam Terror Attack: Protests Outside Pakistan Embassy In Kathmandu Over Nepali National's Killing
Residents in Kathmandu protested outside the Pakistan embassy over the Pahalgam terror attack that killed 26 tourists, including Nepali national Sudip Neupane.
Massive protests broke out outside the Pakistan embassy in Nepal's Kathmandu on Tuesday, in the wake of the Pahalgam terror attack, which claimed the lives of 26 tourists, including one Nepali national.
Dozens of youths carrying placards and posters of 27-year-old Sudip Neupane, who was killed in the attack, shouted anti-Pakistan slogans, demanding justice for the killed citizen.
In other videos, Nepal residents were also seen demanding that the terrorists involved in the Pahalgam attack be hanged until death.
On April 26, similar protests were witnessed in Kathmandu against the Pahalgam attack.
The Rastriya Prajatantra Party also organised a separate protest the same day outside the Pakistani embassy against the attack.
Soon after the Pahalgam attack victims were identified, Nepal had announced its support to India in its fight against terrorism.
Neupane from Butawal sub-metropolitan city of Western Nepal was among those killed in the attack claimed by The Resistance Front, an offshoot of the banned Pakistan-linked Lashkar-e-Taiba.
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