No Place For Violence

After years of incessant peace, harrowing acts of violence in some places in Kathmandu plunged the capital city into turmoil on Friday. Fearful of what might befall them, many people avoided venturing out of their homes. Almost every road and street in Kathmandu wore a deserted look. The public's worst fear came true in the afternoon when the city's Tinkune and neighbouring areas like Koteshwore and Jadibuti were on the boil. It was a scene of full-fledged riot, vandalism and arson. Individual houses and an herbal processing centre were set on fire, the office of CPN- Unified Socialist was vandalised, vehicles and commercial buildings were torched, and a supermarket store was looted, among other casualties.