KMC deploys 15 ambulances to take injured to hospitals
The Kathmandu Metropolitan City has deployed 15 ambulances to take those who were injured during the Gen Z protest in New Baneshwor to the hospital.
According to KMC Police Chief Rajunath Pandey, ambulances have been deployed to quickly take those injured during the protest to the hospital and the city police have also been mobilized to immediately rescue the injured.
The KMC has stated that it has arranged ambulances with the aim of providing additional support in the treatment of protesters and security personnel injured during the protest in the Capital.
After receiving reports of problems in treatment due to lack of beds due to the increasing number of injured in hospitals, KMC Mayor Balendra Shah directed to help transport patients to the available hospital as per the need, said Pandey.
Most of the injured are undergoing treatment at Civil Hospital in Naya Baneshwor and the Trauma Center and Bir Hospital in Mahanakal and Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital in Maharajgunj, among others.
Two killed in police firing in Itahari
Two persons died in police firing during the protest of Gen Z in Itahari on Monday.
The identities of the deceased are yet to be established.
Their bodies have been kept at the BP Koirala Institute of Health Sciences in Dharan.
Earlier, the District Administration Office had clamped a curfew after the protest took a violent turn.
Chief District Officer Dharmendra Kumar Mishra said that they were compelled to issue a curfew order after the protesters entered the office of the Itahari Sub-Metropolitan City and resorted to arson and vandalism.
Excessive force was used against Gen Z protesters: NHRC
The National Human Rights Commission has said that excessive force was used against Gen Z protesters on Monday.
Issuing a statement today, human rights watchdog spokesperson Tikaram Pokharel directed the authorities to stop using excessive force against the protesters.
“According to the Constitution of Nepal and international human rights law, any individual or group has the right to express their dissatisfaction in a decent manner. A democratic government must identify the legitimate voices of citizens and address their demands timely. It is unfortunate that such demonstrations have turned into vandalism and arson and that the security forces have used excessive force against the protesters,” the Commission said.
Fourteen killed in Nepal in 'Gen Z' protest over social media ban
Unrest killed at least 14 people and injured dozens in Nepal's capital on Monday, state TV said, as police fired tear gas and rubber bullets at protesters trying to storm parliament in anger at a social media shutdown and corruption, Reuters reported.
Some protesters forced their way into the parliament complex by breaking through a barricade, a local official said, setting fire to an ambulance, hurling objects at riot police and ferrying the injured to hospital on motorcycles.
"The police have been firing indiscriminately," one protester told the ANI news agency. "(They) fired bullets which missed me but hit a friend who was standing behind me. He was hit in the hand."
More than 50 people were injured, Nepal Television said, according to Reuters.
There was no official confirmation of the deaths and injuries and Reuters could not independently verify the figures.
Ekram Giri, a parliamentary spokesperson, said some protesters had entered the premises but not the main building, and had been driven out by police.
Organisers of the protests, which spread to other cities in the Himalayan country, have called them "demonstrations by Gen Z". They say the protests reflect young people's widespread frustration with the government and anger over its policies, Reuters reported.
