Nepal to rebuild royal massacre house
Saturday, 25 July 2009
KATHMANDU, July 24 (AFP): Eight years after Nepal's crown prince gunned down most of his royal family, the government is to rebuild the house where the massacre took place, the prime minister's spokesman said Thursday.
The house, part of a sprawling palace complex in central Kathmandu, was demolished after the June 2001 massacre in which crown prince Dipendra killed the king and queen before apparently turning his gun on himself.
Now PM Madhav Kumar Nepal has ordered that the house be rebuilt inside the complex, which was turned into a museum after former king Gyanendra stepped down last year.
The house, part of a sprawling palace complex in central Kathmandu, was demolished after the June 2001 massacre in which crown prince Dipendra killed the king and queen before apparently turning his gun on himself.
Now PM Madhav Kumar Nepal has ordered that the house be rebuilt inside the complex, which was turned into a museum after former king Gyanendra stepped down last year.