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 anM16 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 MP5 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 [Shova] must have thought that it was the only weapon Dai (Dipendra) had but I saw that he had much more weapons."
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