Wrap royal shootings inquiry complete + Dipendra ceremony

Описание: (17 Jun 2001)
ALL TOKO MATERIAL

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1. Wide shot of news conference
2. Cutaway of reporters
3. Various of guns used by Dipendra exhibited on table
4. Cutaway of reporters
5. Gun on table
6. SOUNDBITE (Nepali) Taranath Ranabhat Speaker of Lower House of Parliament saying "The committee wanted to talk to Devyani Rana but she was in India- so we requested our Ambassador there to talk to her."
5. Gun on table
6. Wide shot of news conference
7. SOUNDBITE (Nepali) Taranath Ranabhat, Speaker of Lower House of Parliament saying "Crown Prince Dipendra entered the billiard room in his combat fatigues carrying a black coloured rifle, a 9mm pistol and an mp/5k automatic
sub-machine gun."
8. Various photos of the crime scene displayed on the wall

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9. Stills of blood on palace floors
10. Crown prince Dipendra
11. King Birendra and Queen Aishwarya
12. Queen Aishwarya
13. People paying their respects, touching photos of the royals, pull out to crowd waiting to do the same
14. Various of people paying respects
15. Boy carrying picture of the late king Birendra
16. Throne with picture of Dipendra, crown, and box of chocolates
17. Picture of Dipendra
18. Shampoo and conditioner (Dipendra's possessions)
19. Cupboard containing Dipendra's clothes
20. Shoes
21. Nepalese Prime Minister Koirala looking at display
22. Priest eating
23. Various of delegates - on the left of the PM is Chief Justice Keshav Prasad Upadhyay
24. Assembly
25. Elephant walking through crowd
26. Priest with elephant
27. Onlookers
28. Elephant and priest approach riverbank
29. Pull out from elephants legs as it crosses river
30. People chasing elephant on far side of river
31. People running
32. Elephant and priest walking away

STORYLINE:

Nepal's crown prince was high on alcohol and drugged with hashish when he grabbed a machine gun and killed his parents and seven others during a royal dinner, a government enquiry claimed on Thursday.

In the first official accusation against Prince Dipendra, the inquiry said the 29-year-old heir to the throne was solely responsible for the palace massacre on the night of June 1.

The report left doubts, however, on whether Dipendra shot and killed himself as claimed by witnesses.

Dipendra died three days after the massacre from gunshot wounds suffered during the shooting.

Investigators did not mention a motive for the killings, but said Dipendra called his girlfriend, Devyani Rana, three times before he walked into the billiard room of the Narayanhiti Palace dressed in military fatigues.

Rana, who was interviewed on the phone by Nepal's ambassador in India, said she had a close relationship with Dipendra.

The taped conversation was used as evidence by the panel.

Dipendra used an M-16 rifle and a 9 mm automatic submachine gun for the killings, the panel said.

The inquiry told reporters that the crown prince came to the dinner at the royal palace after drinking his favourite "Famous Grouse" whiskey.

Dipendra then asked an aide for cigarettes laced with hashish.

The aide told the panel that the crown prince had been smoking such cigarettes for a year.

Dipendra was taken to his room in an inebriated state by four relatives at the dinner when he made a call from his mobile phone to his girlfriend, Devyani Rana.

The investigation interviewed more than 100 people, including eyewitnesses, staff at the royal palace, firearms and forensic experts, medical doctors and legal advisers in their weeklong probe into the massacre.






Part of Dipendra's wardrobe were displayed in a steel cupboard.





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