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The Nepalese Royal Massacre occurred on 1 June 2001, at a house in the grounds of the Narayanhity Royal Palace, the residence of the Nepalese monarchy. Prince Dipendra killed ten members of the family during a party or monthly reunion dinner of the royal family in the house. The dead included King Birendra of Nepal and Queen Aishwarya.
Later, Prince Dipendra became de jure King of Nepal upon his father’s death when in coma and died in hospital three days after the massacre without recovering from the coma.
Birendra’s brother Gyanendra became king after the massacre and the death of King Dipendra.
According to reports, at the dinner, CP Dipendra had been drinking heavily, had smoked large quantities of hashish and “misbehaved” with a guest, which resulted in his father, King Birendra, telling his oldest son, Dipendra, to leave the party. So, Dipendra was escorted to his room by his brother Prince Nirajan and cousin Prince Paras.
About an hour later, Dipendra returned to the party armed with an H&K MP5, a Franchi SPAS-12 and an M16. He fired a single shot into the ceiling before pointing the gun to his father, King Birendra. When his uncle Dhirendra tried to dissuade Dipendra from doing so, he shot his uncle in the chest at point-blank range.[2] This was the beginning of the horrific massacre. During the attack, Dipendra darted in and out of the hall several times, firing shots at each return. Although King Birendra managed to stay alive at the first attack, he sustained some injuries. Excerpts from the official probe report, prepared by a two-member committee in Kathmandu, states that King Birendra made an abortive last-minute attempt to shoot at Dipendra as the latter fired indiscriminately at the royals.
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