The King and Queen of Nepal have been shot dead after the beneficiary to the position of royalty went on the frenzy with a weapon before turning it on himself.
Eleven individuals passed on in the occurrence which began when Crown Prince Dipendra supposedly had a debate with his mom over his decision of lady of the hour.
Ruler Birendra, Queen Aishwarya and Prince Niranjan were among the casualties of the disaster at the imperial royal residence in Nepal's capital, Kathmandu.
Alternate casualties included three of the King's youngsters, his two sisters and one more individual from the family by marriage.
Life bolster machine
The King's more youthful sibling was likewise harmed in the assault, however his condition is not known.
The main individual left unharmed from the family was the King's center sibling Prince Gyanendra, who was out of the nation at the season of the episode.
A few reports say the Crown Prince is on an existence bolster machine in doctor's facility.
On the off chance that he lives, he is relied upon to be proclaimed the successor.
Crown Prince Dipendra, who was instructed at Eton College, is accounted for to have been in struggle with his family over his decision of lady of the hour, Devyani Rana, for quite a while.
Ruler Aishwarya is said to have been the genuine power behind the position of royalty and purportedly undermined to expel her most established child from the line of progression, in spite of the fact that this would not have been permitted under the constitution.
The homicides are thought to be the most noticeably awful mass slaughtering of eminence since the Romanovs were killed in 1918 amid the Russian Revolution.
"This is a most terrible and stunning occasion," said Deputy Prime Minister Ram Chandra Paudel.
"Stunning is putting it mildly, we have been stranded by this misfortune," said a vegetable vender, Janardan Sharma, who like numerous in Kathmandu raced to the illustrious castle to attempt to discover more news of the catastrophe.
Kofi Annan, Secretary General of the UN, issued an announcement saying that he was "significantly stunned" by the killings of King Birendra and different individuals from his family.
He called for quiet in the nation and said that he was "profoundly disheartened by this disaster".
Ruler Birendra, 55, rose the position of authority in 1972.
At the point when across the country distress softened out up 1990 he was compelled to authorize political gatherings and acknowledge a parliamentary framework.
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