CONTROVERSY20150812KATHMANDU: Nepal sent in hundreds of police reinforcements Tuesday to a troubled western region as anger flared over the police killing of two demonstrators during a protest against the new constitution.

Schools, shops and factories were closed in the town of Surkhet, the day after the two protesters were killed when police opened fire in a bid to fend off an attack on the home of a local lawmaker.

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