FILE PHOTO: Police officers in riot gear stand guard outside the Parliament during a curfew following a protest against corruption and government’s decision to block several social media platforms, in Kathmandu, Nepal, September 9, 2025. REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar/File Photo
KATHMANDU/NEW DELHI (Reuters) -At least 33 of the demonstrators killed during anti-corruption protests in Nepal this month were struck by "live bullets" fired from "high-velocity firearms," the medical institute that conducted the postmortem examinations told Reuters.
The findings were described to Reuters by a member of the forensic medicine department of the Tribhuvan University Institute of Medicine, who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive matters. An institute spokesperson subsequently verified the account, marking the first official confirmation that live ammunition was used during the unrest, in which 74 people were killed and over two thousand injured.
