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NEPAL: Anti-Corruption Protests Lead To Parliament Building Set On Fire, Prime Minister’s Resignation, Nearly Two Dozen Fatalities & Protestors Chasing Down Ministers
Violent protests erupted in Nepal, leading to the deaths of about 20 people and the Asian country’s Parliament building being set ablaze.
The homes of top leaders were also torched amid the unrest.
Nepali Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli reportedly resigned on Tuesday.
According to Reuters, protestors, many of them young, attempted to storm parliament in “anger at a social media shutdown and corruption.”
Footage circulated of Nepal’s Parliament on fire:
BREAKING: Nepal's Parliament in Kathmandu has been set on fire: Leaving Government ministers fleeing by Helicopters. pic.twitter.com/YxwIVMXQAz
— World Source News 24/7 (@Worldsource24) September 9, 2025
BREAKING:
Protestors set fire to Nepal's parliament over corruption and social media ban. pic.twitter.com/JVgG0WU9xI
— Globe Eye News (@GlobeEyeNews) September 9, 2025
“Nepal’s PM KP Sharma Oli has resigned after violent anti-corruption protests, sparked by a controversial social media ban, left at least 19 people dead,” Al Jazeera wrote.
“Protesters defied curfews, stormed Parliament, and set fire to the residences of the president and top ministers,” it added.
Nepal’s PM KP Sharma Oli has resigned after violent anti-corruption protests, sparked by a controversial social media ban, left at least 19 people dead.
Protesters defied curfews, stormed Parliament, and set fire to the residences of the president and top ministers. pic.twitter.com/NTMQjsO54h
— Al Jazeera English (@AJEnglish) September 9, 2025
Reuters has more:
Some of the protesters, most of them young, forced their way into the parliament complex in Kathmandu by breaking through a barricade, a local official said, setting fire to an ambulance and hurling objects at lines of riot police guarding the legislature.
“The police have been firing indiscriminately,” one protester told the ANI news agency. “(They) fired bullets which missed me but hit a friend who was standing behind me. He was hit in the hand.”
More than 100 people including 28 police personnel were receiving medical treatment for their injuries, police officer Shekhar Khanal told Reuters. Protesters were ferrying the injured to hospital on motorcycles.
A government decision last week to block access to several social media platforms, including Meta Platforms’ Facebook, has fuelled anger among the young. About 90% of Nepal’s 30 million people use the internet.
Officials said they imposed the ban because platforms had failed to register with authorities in a crackdown on misuse, including false social media accounts used to spread hate speech and fake news, and commit fraud.
Footage posted to social media alleges that angry protestors stripped Nepal’s Finance Minister of his clothes and chased him into a river.
BREAKING Nepal’s Finance Minister stripped of clothes and chased into a river by angry protesters during deadly anti-corruption protests pic.twitter.com/TKgliue1NN
— Insider Paper (@TheInsiderPaper) September 9, 2025
Times of India stated:
Nepal plunged deeper into political crisis on Tuesday as finance minister Bishnu Prasad Paudel was publicly chased and assaulted by protestors amid nationwide demonstrations led by the ‘Gen Z’ movement.
The unrest, sparked by widespread anger over corruption and a now-reversed social media ban, has resulted in at least 19 deaths and more than 300 injuries.
“Nepal just blacked out major parts of the internet. Facebook. Instagram. YouTube. WhatsApp. Signal. Reddit. Discord. X. Reddit. Gone. Why? Because tech companies wouldn’t ‘register’ with the government and agree to censor speech,” Reclaim the Net wrote.
Nepal just blacked out major parts of the internet.
Facebook. Instagram. YouTube. WhatsApp. Signal. Reddit. Discord. X. Reddit. Gone.
Why? Because tech companies wouldn’t “register” with the government and agree to censor speech. https://t.co/2f9V05A3mg
— Reclaim The Net (@ReclaimTheNetHQ) September 8, 2025
Additional footage alleges that protestors broke into the residence of Nepal’s Foreign Minister and assaulted her.
BREAKING: Protesters burst into the residence of Nepal's corrupt Foreign Minister Arzu Rana Deuba and beat her and her family. pic.twitter.com/jamjagiMYx
— World Source News 24/7 (@Worldsource24) September 9, 2025
NDTV wrote:
The shocking video shows Arzu Deuba wiping blood from her face, surrounded by protesters filming her. Soon after, the clip shows the 63-year-old getting kicked from behind and punched in the face by angry protesters.
The protests that began on Monday, currently see 21 people dead and over 300 injured. Led by the youth of Nepal, the protests showcase a tipping point of a longstanding sentiment against politicians, their families and concerns over corruption.
Visuals showed a war-like situation in capital Kathmandu, with small armies of young men and women occupying public spaces and engaged in pitched battles with the cops.
Watch additional footage below:
The situation in Nepal is spiraling out of control: ministers who failed to flee are being chased and beaten in the streets by angry crowds.
Government buildings, the Hilton hotel, and lavish residences of officials are in flames.
The protests were fueled primarily by rampant… https://t.co/eV5A2qUyxk pic.twitter.com/KogX7K1ysT
— NEXTA (@nexta_tv) September 9, 2025
Full text:
The situation in Nepal is spiraling out of control: ministers who failed to flee are being chased and beaten in the streets by angry crowds.
Government buildings, the Hilton hotel, and lavish residences of officials are in flames.
The protests were fueled primarily by rampant corruption, with the social media ban becoming the final straw.
Meanwhile, foreign tourists appear to be stuck in a country in the grip of revolution.
All flights at Nepal’s international airport have been canceled, and the facility itself has been shut down. Authorities have launched shuttle buses to move tourists between the airport and major hotels in Kathmandu.
BREAKING Nepal Finance Minister Bishnu Prasad Paudel chased and beaten on the street by protesters as the Nepali government collapses after deadly anti-corruption protests pic.twitter.com/aTogX6xgp6
— Insider Paper (@TheInsiderPaper) September 9, 2025
BREAKING: Nepal’s Prime Minister flees after resignation amid deadly protests, citizen says in video pic.twitter.com/y4E1UxpKOV
— Insider Paper (@TheInsiderPaper) September 9, 2025
More from the Associated Press:
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.
The resignation appeared to have little effect on the demonstrations. Tens of thousands of protesters remained on the streets late in the day, blocking roads, storming government buildings and setting them on fire, and, in some cases, attacking political leaders. Army helicopters ferried some ministers to safe places.
A day earlier, demonstrations led by young people angry about the blocking of several social media sites gripped the country’s capital, and police opened fired on the crowds, killing 19 people.
The ban was lifted Tuesday, but the protests continued, fueled by anger over the deaths and growing frustration with the political elite in the nation wedged between China and India.
As the protests intensified, Prime Minister Khadga Prasad Oli announced he was stepping down. The president accepted the resignation and appointed Oli to lead a caretaker government until a new one is in place — though it was unclear what power he would wield or even where he was.
President Ram Chandra Poudel, the ceremonial head of state, appealed to the protesters to engage in dialogue to find a peaceful resolution and stop further escalation. The army also issued a statement calling for calm and urging political dialogue.
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