Nepalese riot police personnel detain a protester during a nationwide strike, organised by the opposition alliance led by the Unified Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) to demand the new constitution be drafted with the consensus of all political parties, in Kathmandu April 7, 2015. REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar
KATHMANDU (Reuters) - Nepalese Maoists leading a nationwide shutdown amid violent protests and clashes with police called off the strike on Tuesday as anger rose at the disruption their drive for a new constitution was causing.
On the first of three days of strikes, opposition activists fanned out across Kathmandu waving red hammer-and-sickle flags to enforce the shutdown. Stone-throwing protesters damaged 17 vehicles and 50 people were detained for arson, police and officials said.
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