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  09 Sep 2025, 16:41

Nepal protesters set fire to parliament building: spokesman

A collected photo of Nepal unrest

KATHMANDU, Sept 9, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - Nepali protesters broke into the nation's parliament on Tuesday and set the building ablaze, an official said, after the prime minister quit in the wake of a deadly crackdown on anti-government demonstrations.

"Hundreds have breached the parliament area and torched the main building," Ekram Giri, spokesman for the Parliament Secretariat, told AFP.