Nepal ex-PM’s wife burned alive during Nepal Gen-z protest

https://www.livemint.com/news/world/nepal-protest-ex-nepal-pm-jhalanath-khanal-wife-rajyalaxmi-chitrakar-dies-after-gen-z-protesters-set-house-on-fire-11757424323025.html

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  2. Very unlikely those were actual Gen-Z. This is borderline professional arson, reminiscent of the Nepali civil war. It’s utter chaos out here. This is not a protest. This is anarchy. They’re burning schools, hotels, museums, banks, everything and anything. Very likely Maoists or random hooligans.

    There’s reports that almost 1500 criminals have escaped in the chaos. The Nepal Army is staring into concrete, doing literally nothing. Their chief was supposed to address the nation, but that went nowhere.

    Edit: They’re armed too. There’s literally armed gangs running around, harassing people.

    Edit2: The Chief of Army addressed the nation, but it’s a bunch of nothing. They’re trying to help people, but it’s not enough. They’ve promised to take action on this… starting exactly at the moment I make this edit. I don’t know why they need to schedule this at an obvious state of emergency, but sure.

  3. Desperation, anger, taking advantage of chaos. We’re in for a wild few days

  4. So much anger boiling over in Nepal. I really hope things don’t spiral further

  6. Not that makes much difference in the outcome but the image doesn’t correspond to the actual incident of the title. From the article, their house was set on fire and she was trapped in it.

  7. Seems like oppurtunists have yet again hijacked students protests.

  9. It doesn’t have anything to do with gen z, just protest ans revolt from all group, i saw ppl clearly older than Z in videos

    Edit: in light of new informations, thats the name they identify to.

  10. These protests aren’t organic. This is an orchestrated attempt at regime change.

    Watch for the protesters wanting the deposed Nepali King back in power. They’ll also want Nepal to be declared a religious state.

    Much like what happened in Sri Lanka and Bangladesh. Same pattern.

  12. The picture and the header are kinda misleading. They make it sounds like the ex-PM’s wife was burnt alive in the middle of the street. According to the article, she was trapped in a burned house and got burnt. She was rescued but later died in hospital.

  14. When governments silence voices instead of addressing problems, anger always finds a louder way to speak.

  16. Wow it really is different to be on the opposite side of the news.
    But it’s a shit show everyone, total anarchy, criminals on loose, no army, burned institutions, government fleeing and armed hooligans on the street.
    And for all I know I won’t wake up a Nepalese citizen tomorrow.
    Let’s go and remember this can easily so very easily be any of you on any country in the world.
    Goodnight to all.

  17. I am getting the first French Revolution vibes from this

  18. Horrible and inhumane but it should serve as a valuable lesson to many, many people in power in the west, billionaires and politicians. This is what happens when you exploit, inpoverish and generally push people too hard.

  19. I live in Kathmandu. Total anarchy reigns right now. Nefarious gangs and malintentioned people are freely roaming the streets, openly plotting random violence.

  20. From the article:

    > Protesters reportedly trapped Rajyalaxmi Chitrakar and set the house on fire.

    Seems like protestors played a more active role. Horrible tragedy all around.

  24. It’s all fun and billions rerouted to Switzerland till the peasants come knocking I guess 🤷

  25. Time to demand peace once the poor aren’t the ones getting killed

  26. Incredible when a protest gets results. Train your police not to murder students.

  27. In the Philippines, it is common for corrupt politicians—even those already convicted—to run again for positions such as senator or congressman. Sadly, many of my fellow Filipinos still vote for them. Today, some of these officials are once again being linked to ghost projects amounting to billions of pesos, or hundreds of millions of dollars.

  28. Only thing I could think of after seeing this title was that line from Monsters INC:

    “-In Nepal! Nice quiet Nepal.”

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