Shooting for protest against corruption

“Everyone said a rubber bullet, a rubber bullet. It was not a rubber bullet. If you see my son, his head was broken, there is a hole.”

Narendra Shrestha wants to know who will take responsibility for the death of Sulov’s son, who was among the dead, who had been burned last week.

The 45 -year -old Mr. Shrestha goes outside the gate of the University of Tribusa University in the capital. He was already inside and identified the body of 21-year-old Sulov.

“I want to ask in this country,” he says, panting tears, “when they can shoot, they can shoot my son, then I and his mother, I will also stand. Who are we going to live now? We also want to die. “

A member of the family is sitting next to him, holding his hand, while the man protects him from the downed sun with an umbrella.

Other families also expected to identify their young loved ones whose life was cut: one dreamed of becoming a judge, the other – a student who worked at the Kathmand Hotel, a third studied French.

They are among more than 70 people who died in anti -corruption protests earlier last week that overthrew the government of the Himalayan nation. More than 1000 injuries were injured in two days.

The ban on social media has become an impetus for protests, but in recent weeks anger against government corruption. As long as the ban was lifted by the end of Monday, September 8, protests collapsed into a wider movement.

The crowds set fire to the houses and official buildings of politicians as anger in the management class.

Many of the killed were shot dead – police are accused of opening a fire on the crowd. But others were burned in fires or died in confrontations with police. The figures for the victims go up when the authorities remove the garbage.

In response to the allegations, Nepal police said it would be investigated that there were fierce protests in these two days. It is still unclear who gave orders to open fire.

There are several families, such as Mr. Schrest, who are waiting outside the morgue so that their names are caused so that they can identify bodies.

One man, the Criminal Code, awaits the body of his 22-year-old nephew Rashik Hativad.

Rashik was shot twice in the chest, says the Criminal Code. He learned about death by seeing clips on social media.

Now his suffering has turned into anger, demanding some responsibility from the government.

“We want justice,” he says.

The BBC talked to more than a dozen people who lost their family members.

The 21st relatives of Subosha Bohori stated that he had a time when he wanted to be a judge. He died near the Nepal Parliament building after the bullet broke his neck.

19 -year -old Ayush Tapa was a French language student who was interested in the British army and hated Nepal politicians, his family says. He was shot dead in his chest.

22 -year -old Abishek Chaulagein was a student who worked at one of the capital’s hotels when he was shot in his forehead.

“We have never encountered such a catastrophe,” says Ranjan Nepal, an information officer of the Catmond Hospital. He says they treated more than 450 patients during the protests. Six people were killed.

“Our hospital (was) operated for 17 years. We were able to manage patients during the earthquake. (That) the situation was even worse.”

On the first night, Dr. Santash Padel worked at the Bir hospital near the parliament building. Of the 173 patients who were treated in the hospital, five were killed and four are still in critical condition.

D -R Podel says he was surprised to see patients with “acute rifle injuries” in addition to rubber bullets.

“We saw (two types of bullets) clearly, long, shooting rifles, and small with a sharp edge that shoots from the rifle,” said D -Rajel. He said that many patients who came later on this day suffered numerous bullet injuries.

Protests began last Monday when thousands listened to demonstrators who describe themselves as a generation z to gather near the Parliament in Kathmandu on the decision to ban platforms, including Facebook, X and YouTube, as well as more dissatisfaction with the government.

The ministers said the police should use the force that included water guns, batons and shooting with rubber bullets.

Speaking that they were unable to register at the local level, the government has announced that the platforms in the social media should be regulated to solve fake news, hatred and online fraud.

But on popular platforms, such as Instagram, there are millions of users in Nepal, who are counting on them for entertainment, news and business – and participants of the action accused the government of attempting to order them.

Until Tuesday, violent crowds set fire to government buildings in the capital of Kathmandu.

Parliament was set on fire, though Prime Minister K.P. Ollie’s Sharma has already resigned.

New Provisional Prime Minister Nepal, dried witches, a rigid road ahead. Not only the 73-year-old former chief judge must appoint a new cabinet of ministers, it must restore the confidence in the country’s leadership.

On March 5, 2026, she agreed to fresh elections, but the first real test of her new government would be the investigation of protests, and if she could bring the perpetrators of death – including those who shot protesters, as well as those who are behind widespread vandalism – justice.

“International law states that they are forbidden to shoot,” says 22 -year -old Abishek Shrestha from his hospital bed, his home for the next month. Metal rods protrude with a white and pink gauze wrapped in his right foot, where he was shot.

“I am Nepalese, and they don’t allow me to shoot, but they shot me. It’s all out of the government, the police, the rules and the rules. We have to change it.”

The investigation is little comforting for Mr. Shrest when he mourn Sulva.

“Politicians, they will say sorry. Excuse me, it doesn’t make the dead son come to life again.”

Additional Charlotte reporting