The authorities said that at least 19 people died in Nepal on Monday, when the police in the capital fired tear and ammunition on the demonstrators trying to storm Parliament.
Some young demonstrators mainly, moving by government corruption and a ban on social media, forced their way to the Parliament Complex in Kathmandu by penetrating a barrier.
“The police were shooting randomly,” one of the demonstrators told Ani. “(They) fired the bullets that missed me but hit a friend who was standing behind me. He was injured in the hand.”
Police officer Capear Khanal told Reuters that more than 100 people, including 28 police officers, were receiving medical treatment for their injuries. The demonstrators were transporting the injured to the hospital on motorcycles.
The police said two people were killed when the protests in the eastern city of Ithaari turned into violence.
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Multiple protests throughout the country
Nepal prevented access to many social media platforms, including Facebook, last week after failing to register with the authorities in a campaign of misuse.
The government said that social media users with fake identifiers spread hate and fake news, and they commit fraud and other crimes through some platforms.
Ekram Jerry, a spokesman for Parliament in Nepal, said that some of the demonstrators entered Parliament’s buildings, but they did not reach the main building. He said they were expelled by the police and gathered on the road abroad.
“We have imposed a curfew that will remain in effect until 10 pm local time to control the situation after the demonstrators began to turn into violence,” Motiram Regal, spokesman for the Kathmandu County Office, told Reuters.
Reagal said that the police have orders to use water cannons, batons and rubber -coated bullets to control the crowd.
Police said that similar protests were also organized in Bertnessar and Brahabur in the southern plains and in Bukhara, a gateway to the highest mountain in the world, Mount Annaburna, in western Nepal.
Earlier on Monday, thousands of young people, including students, and many of them were arrested in their school or college costume, by the police from walking towards the parliament building, where the demonstrations are not allowed.
The demonstrators carried the national flag and banners with slogans such as “closing corruption, not social media”, “Undan Social Media” and “Youth Against Corruption”, while they were via Kathmandu.
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