Unrest in Kathmandu streets amid ongoing protests over corruption and nepotism

Описание: (9 Sep 2025)
RESTRICTION SUMMARY:

ASSOCIATED PRESS
Kathmandu, Nepal - 9 September 2025
1. Mid of protesters walking with one carrying a gun on a two-wheeler
2. Wide of protesters running as a tear gas canister falls nearby
3. Mid of protester with a gun on a two-wheeler.
4. Wide of bonfires on the street with protesters running
5. Pan from a street blocked by bonfire to a building with smoke billowing
6. Various of protesters on the streets
7. Mid of protesters taking selfies with another protester carrying a gun on a bike
8. Wide of crowd and another protester carrying a gun
9. Zoom out of protesters atop a building, smoke billowing
10. Various of fires on the streets, protesters
11. Various of protesters running, roads blocked by bonfires
12. Various of vehicles burning on a street and protesters shout slogans
13. Various of protesters attempting to damage property

STORYLINE:
Nepal’s prime minister resigned Tuesday as protests against a short-lived ban on social media grew increasingly violent and expanded into broader criticism of his government and accusations of corruption among the Himalayan country's political elite.

Demonstrations led by young people angry about the blocking of several social media sites gripped the country’s capital a day earlier, and police opened fired on the crowds, killing 19 people.

The ban was lifted Tuesday, but the protests continued, with demonstrators setting fire to the homes of some of Nepal’s top leaders and the parliament building. The airport in the capital of Kathmandu was shut and army helicopters ferried some ministers to safe places.

As the protests intensified, Prime Minister Khadga Prasad Oli said he was stepping down immediately.

The demonstrations — called the protest of Gen Z — began after the government blocked platforms, including Facebook, X and YouTube, saying the companies had failed to register and submit to government oversight.

But even after the sites came back online, the rallies continued, fueled by anger over the deaths of protesters at the hands of police and growing frustration with the political elite in the nation wedged between China and India.

AP Video by Upendra Mansingh

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