Nepali Soldiers Patrol Kathmandu After Parliament Burned and PM Resigns Amid Protests.

Nepali soldiers patrolled the streets of Kathmandu, seeking to restore order after protesters set parliament ablaze and forced the prime minister to quit in the worst violence to hit the Himalayan nation in two decades.

Protests had begun on Monday in the Nepali capital against the government’s ban on social media and over corruption, but escalated into an outpouring of rage nationwide, with government buildings set on fire after a deadly crackdown claimed at least nineteen lives.

The army warned that vandalism, looting, arson, or attacks on individuals and property in the name of protest will be treated as punishable crimes.