Eight burned in Pro-Israel rally attack
Eight people were injured after a man allegedly set them on fire during a pro-Israel rally at Pearl Street Mall in the United States.
The FBI is treating the incident as a suspected act of terrorism. The attacker, Mohamed Sabry Soliman, 45, an Egyptian national whose US visa expired in 2023, reportedly shouted “Free Palestine” while using Molotov cocktails and a makeshift flamethrower against demonstrators, BBC reported.
Soliman is in custody. Israel's Foreign Minister condemned the incident, describing it as an antisemitic terror attack on Jews.
NAC starts operating flights from Tarigaun Airport
The Nepal Airlines Corporation (NAC) has started operating flights from the Tarigaun Airport.
NAC Tulsipur Section Chief, Bal Bahadur Sunar informed that the Corporation has been operating flights from the Tarigaun Airport in Tulsipur-12 five days a week based on the demand of passengers.
According to him, flights are being operated on five other days in the week except Wednesday and Saturday.
Due to lack of regular air service at Tarigaun, passengers had to go to Nepalgunj or Bhairahawa.
Also, the runway of the airport is small, so large aircraft have not been able to land. Currently, only a 19-seat aircraft can land at the airport.
The runway of the airport is now 750 meters long. There have been repeated calls to extend the runway.
This airport was built in 2011 BS.
1 killed, 6 injured in Nawalpur ambulance, school van collision
A person died and six others were injured when an ambulance and school van collided with each other at Dumkauli Chowk in Devchuli Municipality-2, Nawalpur on Monday.
The ambulance (Na 4 Cha 1646), carrying a patient, heading towards Narayangarh from Butwal collided head-on with the van (Ba 20 Cha 72) this morning, DSP Madhu Nepal said.
School van driver Kul Prasad Subedi (52) of Devchuli Municipality-1, who was critically injured in the incident, breathed his last during the course of treatment at the Old Medical College, Bharatpur, Chitwan, Nepal informed.
Laxmi Rai (36), Ishu Rai (25) and Sneha Pariyar (25) of Golpark, Butwal Sub-Metropolitan City-3, Rupandehi, who were travelling in the ambulance were injured in the accident.
They have been sent to Chitwan for treatment, police said.
Similarly, two students—Ayusha Gautam (10) and Sokhniya Roka (6)—who were in the school van sustained minor injuries. They have returned home after receiving primary treatment at the local Bhabisya Polyclinic, according to police.
Further investigation into the incident is underway.
Commuters hit hard by transport strike
Transport entrepreneurs have announced an indefinite transport strike across the country starting today.
Transport operators decided to halt public transport services across the country from today at the call of Public Transport Protection Struggle Committee.
As a result, normal life across the country including Kathmandu Valley has been affected since this morning.
Police have been mobilised after the transport operators blocked the road at Koteshwor-Jadibuti area.
Transport entrepreneurs enforced vehicular strike demanding that the new regulations on ride-hailing and self-driving rentals introduced by the Gandaki Province Government be repealed.
Saying that the government’s decision will weaken the public transport services, Yogendra Bahadur KC, Secretary at the National Federation of Nepal Transport Entrepreneurs urged the government to roll back its decision at the earliest.
Meanwhile, the Joint People's Movement Committee, which has been protesting demanding the restoration of the monarchy and the Hindu state, has withdrawn its Kathmandu Valley bandh program.
