Nepal - Community radio chairman gunned down in western Nepal

Reporters Without Borders is appalled by yesterday's cold-blooded murder of Devi Prasad Dhital alias Hemraj, the chairman of community radio Tulsipur FM, in the western district of Dang. Shot in the chest, he died after being rushed to a hospital in Tulsipur. Police arrested a man suspected of being one of the killers. “We urge the local and national authorities to assign enough police officers so that the suspects can be arrested quickly and a thorough investigation carried out,” Reporters (...)

© Reporters sans frontières - vendredi 23 juillet 2010