A Nepal Army personnel keeps vigil outside the vandalized Federal Parliament, a day after it was set ablaze by agitators during anti-government protests
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Kathmandu: At least 25 people, including three policemen, were killed during the violent anti-government protests led by the 'Gen Z' group in the last two days in Nepal, police and officials said on Wednesday.
Nineteen people, mostly youths, were killed in firing by the security forces during protests in front of the Parliament building on Monday, they said.
Three policemen were killed by a mob in the Koteshwor area of Kathmandu on Tuesday during the violent demonstrations, a Nepal Police spokesperson said.
Three protesters were killed during clashes with the police at Kalimati Police Station on Tuesday, police said.
According to Home Ministry officials, 633 people were injured during protests.
Meanwhile, Nepali Congress president Sher Bahadur Deuba and his wife, Foreign Minister Arzu Rana Deuba, who were injured during an attack by protesters on their residence in Budhanilkantha, were recovering at a hospital.
The Nepal Army on Wednesday imposed nationwide restrictive orders followed by a curfew to quell possible violence under the guise of protests, a day after Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli resigned in the face of massive anti-government demonstrations.