People take stock of damage in aftermath of violent protests in Nepal

Record ID: 1986886

  • Title: People take stock of damage in aftermath of violent protests in Nepal
  • Date: 29th March 2025
  • Summary: KATHMANDU, NEPAL (MARCH 29, 2025) (ANI- No use India) VARIOUS OF BROKEN GLASS PANES OF BUILDINGS VARIOUS OF BROKEN GLASS WINDOWS AND DAMAGED SIGNBOARD AT CENTRAL OFFICE OF RULING COMMUNIST PARTY OF NEPAL BURNT DEBRIS ON ROAD VARIOUS OF BROKEN GLASS WINDOWS AND DAMAGED SIGNBOARD AT CENTRAL OFFICE OF RULING COMMUNIST PARTY OF NEPAL SECURITY FORCES STANDING FORMER PRIME MINIS
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  • Keywords: Kathmandu Nepal Pushpa Kamal Dahal aftermath constitution democracy governance monarchy protest unrest violence
  • Location: KATHMANDU, NEPAL
  • City: KATHMANDU, NEPAL
  • Country: Nepal
  • Topics: Asia / Pacific,Conflicts/War/Peace,Civil Unrest
  • Reuters ID: LVA001M29DD1R
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: In the aftermath of the violent protests in Nepal, citizens were seen taking stock of the consequent damage on Saturday (March 29).
    The glass panes of several buildings were broken. Notable among the vandalised buildings is the central office of Nepal's ruling Communist Party, where signboard and windows were damaged.
    Nepal's former prime minister, Pushpa Kamal Dahal reached the party office on Saturday (March 29) to assess the damage caused by Friday's violence.
    "Now it has become crystal clear that Gyanendra Shah is behind all these acts", said Dahal.
    The violence started on Friday when a group of rallying protesters, who were demanding the restoration of constitutional monarchy, were confronted by Nepali riot police in capital Kathmandu.
    Authorities said they had to use force to stop thousands of protesters breaking into an area where demonstrations and protest rallies are banned, and they later imposed a curfew in the affected area to stem further escalation of the violence.
    A specially elected assembly scrapped the 239-year-old monarchy in 2008, under an accord that ended a Maoist insurgency which had killed 17,000 people in 1996-2006 and turned Nepal into a secular, federal republic from a Hindu kingdom.
    The last king of the Himalayan nation, 77-year-old Gyanendra, has lived with his family in a private house in Kathmandu as a commoner since being toppled.
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