08 Sep 2005 13:38:26 GMT
KATHAMNDU, Sept 8 (Reuters) - Pro-democracy protesters clashed with Nepali police for the fifth day on Thursday as protests raged against King Gyanendra who fired the government and took control seven months ago.
Police said 73 protesters from seven political parties opposed to the king's Feb. 1 move were detained and 12 were hurt in a scuffle as police stopped about 5,000 demonstrators from entering the city centre where anti-king rallies are banned.
Organisers said more than 100 people were put in iron-meshed police vans and driven to a police centre.
"We want democracy," activists shouted. "We don't accept absolute monarchy."
The protests came after Maoist rebels announced a three-month ceasefire at the weekend in a move to win the support of the mainstream parties opposed to the monarch who seized total power and suspended civil liberties.
He had said the move was necessary to quell a Maoist revolt in which more than 12,500 people have died.
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