Nepal ministers and families escape using helicopter rope

Nepal is in chaos after the government blocked social media, triggering violent youth-led “Gen Z” protests that forced Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli to resign and flee. Protesters vandalized Parliament and set fire to the homes of top officials, including the communication minister, deputy prime minister, central bank governor, and former home minister, while attacking Foreign Affairs Minister Arzu Rana Deuba and her husband, ex-Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba. Viral videos showed ministers and their families being rescued by military helicopters using slings as protesters watched. The unrest also reached prisons, where inmates started fires in a failed escape attempt before the army intervened. Soldiers are now patrolling Kathmandu under stay-at-home orders, highlighting public anger over nepotism, corruption, and limited opportunities, with around 20% of Nepal’s youth unemployed and thousands leaving the country daily for work abroad.