Nepal’s pro-monarchy rally turns violent, killing two.

• In 2005, King Gyanendra Shah mobilised Nepal Army vehicles in Kathmandu to enforce his rule.

• Two decades later, the government deployed Army vehicles to restore order after a protest by Gyanendra supporters turned violent.

• The protest was organized by the royalist party Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP) and a loose group advocating for the restoration of the monarchy.

• The rally turned violent when protesters broke through a police barricade and pelted stones at security personnel.

• In response, police fired tear gas shells, rubber bullets, and water cannons.

• Protesters also vandalised private buildings, set a house on fire, and attacked media houses.

• A video journalist died in a fire after being trapped in a building set alight by protesters.

• Nepal has seen a new wave of pro-monarchist rallies, accusing the country’s political parties of corruption, ineptitude, and failure to deliver on their promises.

• Durga Prasai, a “medical businessman” who rose to prominence under Prime Minister K.P. Oli and former PM Pushpa Kamal Dahal, was appointed as the rally’s “commander.”