The 76-year-old told AFP he had seen violence since his student days but never such a riot as soldiers briefly lifted a curfew in the capital.
Demonstrators torched parliament government and presidential offices and a newly opened Hilton Hotel before soldiers retook control of the streets the following day.
The capital’s streets were eerily quiet on Friday littered with charred vehicles as soldiers manned checkpoints around scorched government buildings.
Security forces are scrambling to recapture some 12,500 inmates who escaped in mass jailbreaks during the chaos.
Disagreements between rival factions remain although Sushila Karki Nepal’s first woman chief justice is a leading candidate for the role.
Shrestha described the situation as scary and troubling while stocking up at a market during the brief curfew lift.
The World Bank says a staggering 82% of Nepal’s workforce is in informal employment among the highest rates globally.
Others came out to witness the destruction including 73-year-old Achyut Thapaliya who wept after visiting the fire-ravaged Singha Durbar government complex.
He backed the protesters’ demand to end corruption but recoiled at the violence in this land of Buddha. – AFP
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