Nepal: Shot dead for protesting against corruption

Many young people were among more than 70 people killed in anti-corruption protests in Nepal.

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Narendra Shrestha wants to know who will take responsibility for the death of his son Sulov, who was among scores killed in violent unrest that rocked Nepal last week.

Mr Shrestha, 45, is perched outside the gates of Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital's mortuary in the capital. He's already been inside and identified 21-year-old Sulov's body.

"I want to ask this country," he says, choking back tears, "if they can fire, they can shoot my son, then I and his mother, will also stand. Who will we live for now? We also want to die."

A female family member sits beside him, holding his hand, while a man protects him from the beating sun with an umbrella.