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NEW DELHI, Dec 21 (KUNA) -- Two relatives of the Nepal Prime Minister
Girija Prasad Koirala were shot at in Biratnagar town on Friday, which
resulted in the death of one of them.
Unidentified assailants attacked Kiran Arryal, the brother-in-law of
Koirala's nephew Shekhar Koirala, and his younger brother Ashish Arryal today
in Nepal's Biratnagar town.
Kiran was killed on the spot while Ashish has been admitted to a local
hospital, news agency Indo Asian News Service reported quoting Nepal's state
television.
No one has claimed responsibility for the attack.
Shekhar Koirala is a member of PM's Nepali Congress party and his close
confidant. (end)
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