Draft Constitution Protesters Beat Injured Police Officer To Death

Nepalese officials say an injured riot police officer was dragged from an ambulance in southern Nepal on Friday and beaten to death, reports the New York Times.

Protests erupted after a new draft constitution to set up a federal system in Nepal was unveiled last month. Members of a minority group in the southern part of the country reject the proposal, which would divide their region, noted Reuters.

Nepal’s proposed constitution would carve the country into seven federal...