Police fired tear gas, water cannons, rubber bullets and live ammunition after protesters tried to storm the parliament.
Fourteen persons were killed and more than 50 injured in Nepal’s Kathmandu after protests against a government ban on social media platforms turned violent on Monday, reported the Kathmandu Post.
On Thursday, the Nepali government banned 26 social media platforms, including Facebook, X and YouTube, saying they had failed to register with the Ministry of Communication and Information Technology.
The move followed a Supreme Court order in August that required all platforms to register before operating so authorities could monitor “unwanted content”.
On Monday, protesters in Kathmandu tried to storm parliament, Reuters reported.
