The death toll from protests by young people in Nepal last week over the ban on some social media platforms has risen to 72. As demonstrations against corruption in Nepal intensified and the number of deaths increased, then-Prime Minister KP Oli Sharma resigned from his position. Security forces used tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse the protests. Nepal had previously stated that 51 people had died in the protests. However, the death toll continues to change as bodies are being discovered from government offices, houses, malls, and other buildings that were set on fire during the unrest, according to the country’s Ministry of Health. The number of people injured in the protests has reached 2,113.
Nepal’s former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, Sushila Karki, has now been appointed as the country’s transitional Prime Minister. She has become the first woman to lead Nepal. Her main responsibility is to hold parliamentary elections before March 5 of next year. Karki, who officially took office as transitional Prime Minister on September 14, has announced that families of those who died in the unrest will receive one million rupees (about 7,100 US dollars) in compensation. She also stated that the government would provide free medical treatment to those injured in the unrest. She said that the next task is to rebuild the destroyed buildings.
