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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 then residence of the Nepalese monarchy. It was reported that the heir to the throne, Prince Dipendra, killed nine members of his family and himself during a party or monthly reunion dinner of the royal family in the house. The dead included his parents, King Birendra of Nepal and Queen Aishwarya. Prince Dipendra became ''de jure'' King of Nepal upon his father's death and died in hospital three days after the massacre without recovering from a coma. Birendra's brother Gyanendra became king after the massacre and the death of King Dipendra. ==Overview of events== According to reports, Dipendra had been drinking heavily, smoked large quantities of hashish and had "misbehaved" with a guest, which resulted in his father, King Birendra, telling his oldest son to leave the party. The drunken Dipendra was taken to his room by his brother Prince Nirajan and cousin Prince Paras. One hour later, Dipendra returned to the party armed with an H&K MP5, a Franchi SPAS-12 and an M16 and fired a single shot into the ceiling before turning the gun on his father, King Birendra. He then shot his uncle Dhirendra in the chest at point-blank range when he tried to stop Dipendra.〔 Prince Paras suffered slight injuries and managed to save at least three royals, including two children, by pulling a sofa over them.〔 During the attack, Dipendra darted in and out of the room firing shots each time. Excerpts from the two-member committee report by Chief Justice Keshab Prasad Upadhyaya say that King Birendra made an abortive last-minute attempt to shoot at Dipendra as the latter fired indiscriminately, according to the details of the official probe report released in Kathmandu. After getting injured in the first attack by Dipendra, King Birendra picked up the 9mm caliber MP-5K automatic sub-machine gun, which the prince had thrown before entering the billiards room in the palace for the second time and firing at the monarch and others, the late king's sister Princess Shova Shahi is quoted as having told the high-level probe panel. However, Shahi snatched the weapon from her brother and pulled out the magazine thinking that it was the only weapon Dipendra had. Corroborating Shova Shahi's version, Prince Paras is quoted as having said, "She () must have thought that it was the only weapon Dai (Dipendra) had but I saw that he had much more weapons."〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=rediff.com: King Birendra tried to shoot Dipendra )〕 His mother, Queen Aishwarya, who came into the room when the first shots were fired, left quickly, looking for help. Aishwarya and Prince Nirajan confronted Dipendra in the garden of the palace, where they were both fatally shot multiple times. Dipendra then proceeded to a small bridge over a stream running through the palace, where he shot himself.〔 Lamteri, a junior army staff at Narayanhiti Palace, claimed that he saw Dipendra, who got six bullet shots in his back and one on the left hand, in an inebriated state in his private room before the royal family was killed.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Nepalese royal massacre」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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