At least 19 people killed Monday (08.09.2025) at Nepal during the violent suppression of anti -government demonstrations in two cities. Thousands demonstrators They took to the streets against corruption and blocking social media.
Police in the Nepal capital, Kathmandu, launched tear gas and shot the protesters who attempted to invade parliament with plastic bullets.
Some of the protesters, who were mainly young, broke the barricade and reached the entrance of Parliament, where they set fire to an ambulance and launched objects against the lined police officers, one local official said.
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“The police were shooting indiscriminately. They failed with me, but they succeeded a friend who was standing behind me. He was hit in his hand, “said a protester who spoke to Ani.
At least 17 people have been killed and dozens more injured as protestors rally against a government ban on social media in Nepal.
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In the capital Kathmandu, 17 people were killed. Two other casualties reported in the city of Ithari, eastern Nepal.
Interior Minister Ramas Lehak resigned by taking on “moral responsibility” for violence, another minister told Reuters, who asked not to be named because he was not allowed to speak in the media.
Prime Minister CP Sarma Olli convened an extraordinary cabinet to discuss the situation.
Tension decreased late in the afternoon, but protesters remained outside parliament.
According to police, similar protest mobilizations were also made in Beratnagar and Baratpur in the south and Pohara in West Nepal.