Nepal investigates deadly violence in pro-monarchy

29/3/2025 14:08

Nepal's government is investigating deadly violence that occurred during a rally by the supporters of the former king seeking the restoration of constitutional monarchy, a minister said on Saturday.



Authorities said, two people were killed on Friday and at least 112 injured, including 77 security officials, after police used force to stop the stone-throwing crowd from marching towards the parliament building in the capital Kathmandu.



The authorities in the Himalayan nation said, rotesters vandalised homes, shops, a hospital, a political party office, vehicles and a shopping mall and snatched a weapon from the police.



Cabinet spokesman Prithvi Subba Gurung, the minister of communication and information technology, said "This is sheer vandalism, arson, looting and anarchy. It cannot be a protest."



Rishiram Tiwari, Kathmandu's chief district officer, said 105 protesters including some pro-monarchy leaders were taken into custody.



Nepal's 239-year-old monarchy was abolished in 2008 by a specially elected assembly as part of a deal with Maoist former rebels, ending an insurgency that killed 17,000 people between 1996 and 2006.