- KATHMANDU - More details
are beginning to emerge about Nepal's royal massacre. They confirm the
original account that the country's then-crown prince Dipendra killed
his family over a thwarted love affair.
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- In an interview with the Associated Press, the prince's
uncle Suraj Shamsher Rana said he had spoken to several survivors who
said Dipendra shot his family with an assault rifle after being kicked
out of a gathering by his father, King Birendra.
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- According to Rana, the king was furious with Dipendra
for misbehaving with one of the guests at a gathering with upper-class
friends and about two dozen royals at the palace. Two cousins helped escort
the drunken prince to his room.
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- Palace sources say Dipendra had also argued that evening
with his mother about his choice of bride.
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- Rana said a half-hour later Dipendra returned to the
party dressed in army fatigues and carrying an assault rifle. As stunned
guests looked on, he made his way across the room, fired twice into the
ceiling, then shot his father, who fell to the floor.
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- King Birendra and the
Queen
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- As onlookers screamed and tried to find cover, Dipendra
tracked down his mother in the garden, where he was confronted by his
younger
brother Nirajan, who begged him to spare her and kill him instead, the
report said.
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- Dipendra shot him, then shot his mother as she tried
to restrain him, according to Rana. An uncle tried to intervene and was
killed as well.
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- Shortly after, surrounded by shocked palace aides,
Dipendra
shot himself, Rana said.
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- Other sources, speaking to Reuters said Dipendra was
clinically dead when he arrived at the hospital but no one wanted to end
his life-support. He died on Monday.
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- Some people had accused new King Gyanendra of a cover-up.
On Sunday, Gyanendra blamed the killings on accidental automatic weapon
fire. Many Nepalese consider the royal family sacred and their reputations
beyond reproach.
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- Although they find the latest accounts hard to believe,
some say it's better than being swept up in rumours and theories.
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- "In some ways it would be better if that is what
happened. If there were some other kind of conspiracy, it would be terrible
for the country," Kathmandu resident Kuman Dal told Reuters.
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- Written by CBC News
Online Staff
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