At least 19 people died in protests in Nepal’s capital and other cities, after rage over a social-media shutdown and corruption led to violent clashes between the police and young demonstrators.

The so-called “Gen Z” protests are considered the most widespread in Nepal’s modern history. The protests were triggered by a government-imposed ban on Facebook and other major social-media platforms last week, just as an online movement targeting politicians and powerful figures’ “nepo kids” was forming.

Protesters stormed the Parliament in Kathmandu, and police responded with tear gas, rubber bullets, water cannons, and, according to human rights organization Amnesty International, live ammunition .

Seventeen of the at least 19 deaths were in Kathmandu, according to a police spokesperson ,

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