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- KATHMANDU, NEPAL (SEPTEMBER 9, 2025) (ANADOLU - ACCESS ALL)

1. PROTESTERS SET FIRE TO KANTIPUR PUBLICATIONS BUILDING IN KATHMANDU KATHMANDU, NEPAL - SEPTEMBER 9: Protesters reportedly torched a building that hosts the headquarters of Kantipur Publications, Nepal’s leading media company and publisher of The Kathmandu Post, in Kathmandu on Tuesday, Sept. 9.

Nepal's civil society organization, Freedom Forum, reported that the offices of Public Service Broadcast (Nepal Television and Radio Nepal), Kantipur Publications, Kantipur Television, Radio Kantipur and the Annapurna Post were set on fire while other media organizations were also vandalized.

Several journalists were also injured during the protests, according to Media Action Nepal.

At least 25 protesters, mostly youth, were killed and 700 others have been injured since Monday when protests broke out following a ban on social media companies by the government because they did not comply with a law requiring the firms to register with the government, according to the Health Ministry.

The army has detained 27 people for allegedly committing looting, arson and vandalism by Wednesday and recovered 31 firearms from suspects, according to the Setopati digital magazine.

The army said 23 police personnel and three civilians were being treated at military hospitals.

Media reports said more than 13,500 inmates have broken out of prisons across the country during the unrest.

Soldiers were deployed to maintain law and order as protesters vandalized public properties and freed prisoners.