28.03.2025 23:12
During a protest organized for the restoration of the constitutional monarchy, which was abolished in Nepal in 2008, clashes broke out between monarchy supporters and the police, resulting in the deaths of two people, including a journalist, and 17 others being injured.
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Supporters of the monarchy took to the streets in Nepal. Protesters gathered in the capital Kathmandu to hold a demonstration for the restoration of the constitutional monarchy, which was abolished in 2008.
CLASHES BETWEEN MONARCHY SUPPORTERS AND POLICE: 2 DEAD, 17 INJURED
Thousands of protesters clashed as they tried to break through a police barricade to march towards the Parliament building in Kathmandu. The Nepal police, who were attacked with stones by the crowd, intervened with tear gas, water cannons, and batons, resulting in the deaths of 2 people, with 17 injured, including 3 police officers, and 3 protesters were detained.
HOUSES, VEHICLES, AND HOSPITALS DESTROYED
Police spokesperson Dinesh Kumar Acharya stated that one of the two deceased was a journalist covering the rally. Police officer Shekhar Khanal reported that protesters set fire to a house and a vehicle. The Ministry of Home Affairs announced that protesters had destroyed private properties, hospitals, a political party office, vehicles, a media organization, and a shopping mall.
CURFEW DECLARED
Authorities stated that police had to use force to prevent entry into areas where protests and rallies were banned, and a curfew was declared in the affected area to prevent further escalation of violence. Ashok Kumar Bhandari, spokesperson for the Kathmandu region administration, said that the curfew declared in the affected area would remain in effect "for a short period, until 10:00 PM local time, but could be extended depending on how the situation develops."
MONARCHY WAS ABOLISHED IN 2008
Nepal was governed by a constitutional monarchy since 1990, and a temporary Constitution was adopted by the Constituent Assembly in 2007, leading to the abolition of the monarchy in May 2008. With this change, the country's name was transformed into the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal. The last king of the Himalayan country, 77-year-old Gyanendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev, has been living with his family as an ordinary citizen in a private house in Kathmandu since being deposed.
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