‘It’s suspicious’: Nepal’s protest arson leaves a trail of burning questions

The fires have long since been extinguished, but in Kathmandu’s devastated government district, the embers of suspicion still smoulder. Nearly two months after a Gen Z-led youth uprising swept through Nepal’s capital, forensic teams are working to uncover the origins of the infernos that gutted the country’s courts and ministries, looking for signs of deliberate arson and destroyed evidence. “The extent of the damage was quite shocking,” said Subash Chandra Baral, president of the Nepal...