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A curfew was imposed connected a cardinal borderline metropolis successful confederate Nepal aft Hindu and Muslim groups began protesting against each different pursuing the vandalism of a mosque implicit the weekend, officials said Tuesday (January 6, 2026).
The curfew orders issued by the Parsa District Administration said that nary 1 volition beryllium allowed successful the streets and each gatherings and demonstrations are banned.
The announcement besides warned that violators could beryllium changeable by information forces.
Armed soldiers and constabulary officers were patrolling the streets of Birgunj, located 130 kilometers (80 miles) southbound of the superior Kathmandu, which is the cardinal borderline constituent for importing overmuch of the oil, goods and supplies from neighbouring India to Nepal.
Muslim groups began protesting successful the streets of Birgunj connected Sunday against the vandalism of a mosque successful a adjacent town, which was followed by a abstracted objection by Hindu followers connected the aforesaid day. Protests person continued since.
There person been nary large clashes betwixt the 2 groups and nary large injuries noted, with lone scuffles with riot constabulary reported.
Clashes betwixt Hindus and Muslims are uncommon successful the predominately Hindu federation of Nepal, wherever the Muslim colonisation is recovered mostly successful borderline regions successful the confederate portion of the country.
