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Violent protests erupted in Nepal as demonstrators set the country’s Parliament on fire. Thick smoke was seen coming from the building, causing panic in the capital.

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00:00So let's just take a pause here. We've seen a lot of visuals, we've seen a lot of updates also coming in the past half an hour to an hour.
00:09Let's quickly sort of go back and get a bird's eye view.
00:13Just at the moment as we speak, nobody, nobody seems to be in charge of what's happening in Nepal.
00:21There is no intervention taking place.
00:23In fact, the crowd has gone from just doing a victory parade to going out and burning even more.
00:30This crowd, this very angry, agitated crowd, perhaps for all the right reasons that they have behind them, does not know where to stop.
00:40And the vandalism, the burning, the injuries, and now some casualties also, could be underway because of these protests.
00:49Not from the police, but from what the protesters are doing, setting houses of ministers with their families still inside on fire.
00:58Now, the situation is extremely tense and we'll try and get you more updates into who is in charge.
01:04We don't know, but we'll try and get more updates on that.
01:07Meanwhile, let's also cut across to former Miss Nepal.
01:12Sarisha Sreshta is her name.
01:13She joins us now live from one of the protest sites.
01:20Sarisha Sreshta, thank you so much for being with us.
01:22I quickly want to first understand from you, where are you at the moment and what do you see around you?
01:27So, I'm in the Baneshwar area right now, midway between Baneshwar and Maitigar.
01:36And right now, all the administrative buildings, the government buildings, they are on fire, especially the parliament buildings.
01:42In other bar, they're on fire.
01:43They're on fire.
01:44And right here.
01:44They're on fire.
01:44They're on fire.
01:45Okay.
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