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OHCHR Nepal condemns deadly bus attack

07 June 2005


Kathmandu, 7 June 2005 - The Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) in Nepal has strongly condemned the attack on a bus in the Chitwan district, yesterday, which killed and wounded dozens of people.
“This terrible incident constitutes a grave breach of international humanitarian law, for which the perpetrators should be brought to justice,” the recently set up monitoring office in Nepal said in a statement issued today.
OHCHR joined Secretary-General Kofi Annan in expressing condolences to the bereaved and injured.
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