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on 30-Jun-01 12:57 AM
Princess Prerana (Paras’ sister): “…After sometime Dipendra (came) in army dress…first he fired up on the ceiling, then he shot Thulo Buba (King Birendra)…I don’t know who else he shot, I saw all of them on the ground…Daju (Paras) hid us all behind the sofa, we were behind him. I saw Thulo Buba and my uncle (Dhirendra) being hit. I saw the others only after they had fallen.
Princess Sitashma (Dhirendra’s daughter): “We were near the bar. I came in about an hour later Thul Dai (Dipendra) came in an army dress, we stood by just watching, then there was the sound of firing. Paras-da said get down get down and we hid. Then I saw my father going down slowly. Hearing the machine gun we stayed hidden. He (Dipendra) came, looked at us and left. Then I heard what happened outside, we did not see it.”
Princess Dilasha (Dhirendra’s daughter): “We hadn’t even said cheers. We were just talking…then there was automatic gunfire. We were shocked. His Majesty had been shot, he was hit in the neck. I saw that, I also saw him fall down.”
Kumar Gorakh (Princess Sruti's husband, still in hospital): “I heard gunshots, I thought it was crackers. I didn’t know what was happening, then I saw His Majesty fall. Then everyone started saying “What happened, what have you done?” I ran from the corner to the side where His Majesty was. I looked at him and said he’s been shot, then when I was returning, well…what to say… Dipendra Shah (sobs) came and shot everyone who was there. I was behind a table or something when I was hit and fell to the floor. He was going in and out. The only person with a gun was Dipendra Shah, no one else was there. He returned and picked out those who had been hurt, took aim and shot, took aim and shot…what else is there to say (weeps). He had at least two machine guns. Also perhaps a pistol. I think I saw that much. I don’t know the make of the machine gun. But when he held up the gun there was a flash. I thought this is the end, that was when I was hit. I fell. I could not move. Then my wife (Sruti) came to see what had happened to father. I said: ‘Baba, malai pani dagyo’ (I have also been hit). She took me in her lap, then he came and shot her. Both of us fell there and others came and took us to hospital.”
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