Guest guest Posted January 8, 2003 Report Share Posted January 8, 2003 Nepal massacre a grand design: G P Koirala Kathmandu, Jan 2 Former prime minister of Nepal Girija Prasad Koirala has threatened to expose what he said was a 'grand design' behind the 2001 massacre which left 10 members of the royal family dead, a report said Thursday. "I deliberately choose to keep shut but I will expose everything at an opportune time," he was quoted as saying by the Kathmandu Post at a public meeting in Janakpur on Wednesday. "The time is not far away," he added. King Birendra, Queen Aishwarya and seven other royals were gunned down on June 1 2001. An official investigation found that a drunk Crown Prince Dipendra had carried out the shootings, before killing himself. The massacre shocked the world and was seen as a calamity by the people of the Himalayan kingdom, many of whom revere the king as an incarnation of the Hindu god Lord Vishnu. When Birendra's brother Gyanendra took over the throne shortly afterwards people protested on the streets. Koirala said he had been keeping quiet over the issue fearing that it would trigger fresh unrest, according to the Kathmandu Post. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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