One was his university friend, and as he dashed forward to help -- with his hands up -- bullets smashed into him too.
“But I was their target.”
“There had been so many protests in Nepal by older people, but in our ‘Gen-Z’ protest, they used guns”, Rawal said.
The veteran prime minister quit and parliament and key government buildings were set on fire, before the army seized back control.
On Friday, former chief justice Sushila Karki, 73, was sworn in as interim prime minister, tasked with steering Nepal to elections within six months.
Nurse Usha Khanal, 36, said her gloves were “drenched with blood” as she treated the wounded, while tear gas fired nearby seeped into the hospital itself.
Rawal, his leg heavily bandaged and bullet fragments lodged in his arm and stomach, said he would do it again.
One in five Nepalis aged 15-24 are jobless, World Bank data shows, with GDP per capita at just $1,447 in the Himalayan nation of 30 million.
“His actions were for our nation,“ she said. “It really gives me courage.”
On the same ward, 19-year-old protester Subash Dhakal, shot in his knees, is likely to be largely bedridden for six months.
“This has toppled the government and formed a new one... we don’t want the country to return to its earlier state”, he said.
Dhakal said she had protested with other teachers against an education bill earlier this year, but that had resulted in nothing.
Subash Dhakal said he was proud of his role.
“I have done it not only for me. It was for everyone, from my family to all brothers. This pain is ephemeral, but this will definitely bring about some changes.” - AFP
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