Customers were in a somber mood at a Nepali grocery store in Hicksville on Thursday as they reacted to ongoing political instability in Nepal.

What began as a youth-led anti-corruption protest in the capital Kathmandu earlier this week was met with a brutal police crackdown, followed by widespread rioting nationwide and the resignation of the country’s prime minister. On Friday, after Newsday spoke with local Nepali community members, a former judge was named the new interim Prime Minister until new elections can be held. The former judge, Sushila Karki, is Nepal's first female prime minister and has wide support from the anti-corruption protesters, according to The Associated P ress .

Owner Bikram Khattri, 37, said he thinks there are at least 700 people of Nepali heritage in the Hi

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