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Nepal protests: Onlooker shot dead
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YOUR E-MAIL ALERTSKATMANDU Nepal (CNN) -- A woman who was watching violent pro-democracy protests from her apartment in Katmandu died Sunday, one day after she was accidentally shot in the chest by police, a hospital doctor said. Two demonstrators were shot to death by security forces in other cities. The woman, 32-year-old Pulsi Chhetri, was watching the protests from a veranda Saturday with two sisters, who were injured, the doctor said. It was not immediately known how they were hurt. Thousands of protesters defied a curfew and shoot-on-sight orders and spilled into the streets of the capital Sunday, the fourth day of nationwide protests called by major political parties to demand that King Gyanendra give up the power he seized in February 2005. Fires burned in the streets, and youths threw rocks at police, who responded with tear gas and rubber bullets. More than 750 protesters have been arrested since the protests began. A demonstrator was fatally shot by security forces Saturday in the Nepalese town of Bharatpur, and a second protester was killed in Pokhara. Gyanendra seized power from interim Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba, who the king said had failed to quell a Maoist insurgency that has killed at least 13,000 people since 1996. The rebels, who are fighting to form a communist state, are supporting the political campaign to oust Gyanendra and install a democratic government. Senior International Correspondent Satinder Bindra and Sumnima Udas contributed to this report. 
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