Shot dead for protesting against corruption

“Everyone said a rubber bullet, a rubber bullet. It was not a rubber bullet. If I saw my son, he broke his head, there is a hole.”

Narendra Shreresta wants to know who will bear the responsibility for the death of his son Solov, who was among the degrees that were killed in violent disorders that shook Nepal last week.

Mr. Shreista, 45, floats outside the gates of the educational hospital at the University of Triphovan in the capital. He was already at home and identified the 21 -year -old Solov’s body.

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

A family member sits next to him, holds his hand, while a man from the sun protects him with a canopy.

Other families were also waiting for their young loved ones to identify their lives: one of them dreamed of being a judge, and there was a student working at the Kathmandu Hotel, and the third was learning French.

They are among more than 70 people who died in anti -corruption protests at the beginning of last week, which toppled the nation’s government in the Himalayas. More than 1000 were injured in two days of disorders.

The embargo on social media was the motive for the protests, but the anger at government corruption was building in recent weeks. By the time when the ban was reversed late on Monday, September 8, the protests swollen into a broader movement.

The crowd brought the role of politicians and official buildings as an influx of anger in the covered ruling class.

Several dead were shot – the police are accused of opening fire on the crowd. But others were burned in fires or died in confrontations with the police. The injuries were rising as the authorities were cleaned of the debris.

In response to the allegations, Nepal police said they will achieve what happened during these two days of violent protests. It is still unclear who provided orders to the security forces to open the fire.

There are many families such as Mr. Shrestha outside the morgue until their names are called so that they can identify the bodies.

One man, Rasik Kc, is waiting for the body of his 22 -year -old nephew, Rashik Khatiada.

Rashik was shot twice in his chest, says Mr. Kc. Discover death after seeing clips on social media.

His pain has now turned anger, calling for a kind of accountability from the government.

“We want justice,” he says.

BBC spoke with more than ten people who lost family members in the protests.

Sobache Bouhur, 21, said that there was time in his life when he wanted to be a judge. He died outside the parliament building in Nepal after hacking a bullet.

Iuch Thaba, 19, was a French language student who was interested in the British army and hated Nepalese politicians, as his family says. He was shot in his chest.

Epishec Chougin, 22, was a student working in a hotel hotel when he was shot at the front.

“We have not faced any catastrophe,” says Rangana Nepal, an information official at the Civil Service Hospital in Kathmandu. She says they have treated more than 450 patients in the emergency room during protests. Six people died.

“Our Hospital [has been] In the process for 17 years. We managed to manage patients during the earthquake. [This] The situation was worse. “

On the first night of the protests, Dr. Santosh Bodel was working in Bir Hospital, not far from the parliament building. Of the 173 patients, his team dealt with the hospital’s emergency wing, the death of five and four are still in critical condition.

Dr. Paudel says he was surprised to see patients with “acute gun injuries” as well as rubber bullets.

“We saw [two types of bullets] Dr. Bawudel said that the long length, which is launched by guns, and the small with a sharp edge that is fired from guns.

The protests began last Monday when thousands responded to an invitation from the demonstrators who describe themselves as the Zil Z to the Gathering near Parliament in Kathmando on the decision to ban platforms including Facebook, X and YouTube, as well as the most insignificance with the government.

The ministers said the police had to use the force, which included water cannons, batons and rubber bullets.

Saying that they failed to register locally, the government announced that social media platforms need to be organized to address fake news, hatred and fraud online.

But common platforms like Instagram have millions of users in Nepal, who rely on them for entertainment, news and business – and the demonstrators accused the government of trying to silence them.

By Tuesday, the violent crowds were invoked in government buildings in the capital, Kathmandu.

Parliament was burned although Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has already resigned.

The new interim Prime Minister Nepal, Suchla Carky has a difficult path. The former 73 -year -old president, only 73 -year -old, does not need to appoint a new government, but rather must rebuild confidence in the country’s leadership.

She agreed to the new elections on March 5, 2026, but the first real test of its new government is to achieve it in the protests, and if it can bring the perpetrators to deadly violence – including those who shot the demonstrators, as well as those behind the wide range – to justice.

“International law says that they are not allowed to shoot,” says Abishk Shreista, 22, from his bed in the hospital,. Metal bars of white and pink gauze are wrapped around the right leg, as it was shot.

“I am Nepalese and they are not allowed to shoot me, but they shot me. All this is because of the government, the police, rules and organization. We have to change this.”

The investigation is a little rest for Mr. Shrsta, saddened by Solov.

“The politicians will say sorry. Sorry, it does not make the dead son beating life again.”

Additional reports by Charlotte Sakar