At least 72 people were killed during violent anti-corruption protests in Nepal this week, the government said Sunday in an updated toll, as the new interim government began work.
Eaknarayan Aryal, the government’s chief secretary said in a statement that “72 people have died, and 191 people are under treatment”
Meanwhile, Nepal’s new leader vowed Sunday to follow protesters’ demands to “end corruption” as she began work as interim prime minister, after “Gen Z” youth demonstrations ousted her predecessor.
Sushila Karki, the 73-year-old former chief justice, has been tasked with restoring order and addressing protesters’ demands for a corruption-free future ahead of elections in six months.
Protests, sparked by a ban on social media and feeding into long-standing economic woes, began on Monday and quickly escalated, with parliament and key government buildings set ablaze.
“We have to work according to the thinking of the Gen Z generation,” Karki said in her first public comments since taking office on Friday
