Kathmandu, Nepal: Five people were killed as the Sikkim earthquake, with a 6.8 magnitude on the Richter Scale, shook nearby Nepal yesterday.
Three of the five Nepalese quake victims were killed when a high brick wall of the British Embassy at Lainchaur in Kathmandu collapsed, the police said.
Among them were Bir Bahadur Majhi and his eight-year-old daughter Anisha, who were walking past the Embassy when the wall collapsed. The other victim at this spot was identified as Sajan Shrestha, 36.
Two persons were killed in a wall collapse in Dharan which is close to the epicenter of the quake along the eastern Nepal-India border.
Several people were injured as they panicked and ran out of their homes, offices and marketplaces and on to the streets and open spaces.
Some people, panic-stricken, reportedly jumped off their houses, hotels and buildings that house shops.
This Close Circuit TV footage shows the inside of a shopping mall in Kathmandu as the earthquake shook Nepal.
Three of the five Nepalese quake victims were killed when a high brick wall of the British Embassy at Lainchaur in Kathmandu collapsed, the police said.
Among them were Bir Bahadur Majhi and his eight-year-old daughter Anisha, who were walking past the Embassy when the wall collapsed. The other victim at this spot was identified as Sajan Shrestha, 36.
Several people were injured as they panicked and ran out of their homes, offices and marketplaces and on to the streets and open spaces.
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This Close Circuit TV footage shows the inside of a shopping mall in Kathmandu as the earthquake shook Nepal.
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