"A Kathmandu District Administration Office spokesperson says police used water cannon, batons and rubber bullets. At least 14 people have been killed and dozens injured during violent protests against the government's social media ban and alleged corruption in Nepal, according to state-run TV, as police fired live rounds at young protesters and used tear gas and rubber bullets on them."
"One protester told the ANI news agency that the police had been firing indiscriminately. [They] fired bullets which missed me but hit a friend who was standing behind me. He was hit in the hand, the protester said. Seven people died at the National Trauma Centre, chief medical superintendent Dr Badri Risal told The Associated Press news agency, adding there were 58 wounded in the country's main hospital, located in the heart of Kathmandu."
"Thousands of young people, including students in their school and college uniforms, joined the protest, holding signs that read Shut down corruption and not social media, Unban social media, and Youths against corruption, as they marched through Kathmandu. Ikshama Tumrok, a 20-year-old student, told the AFP news agency that she was protesting against the authoritarian attitude of the government. We want to see change. Others have endured this, but it has to end with our generation, she said."
Violent protests erupted in Kathmandu after the government blocked access to several social media platforms and amid allegations of widespread corruption. Police used water cannon, batons, tear gas, rubber bullets and live rounds against largely young demonstrators; state-run TV reported at least 14 killed and dozens injured. Some protesters breached the parliament complex by breaking a barricade. Hospitals received scores of wounded, with seven dying at the National Trauma Centre and many suffering head and chest gunshot wounds. Thousands of students and young people marched with signs demanding an end to corruption and restoration of social media access, while families waited for news and donated blood.
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