Rioting broke out in Nepal's capital today just hours after a new king was crowned following the massacre of almost the entire royal family.
Armed police used teargas and batons to hold back an angry mob surging toward the royal palace clamoring to know how King Birendra, Queen Aishwarya and six of their closest relatives were killed on Friday night.
Authorities quickly imposed an overnight curfew and warned police could shoot anyone caught violating it.
Although newly crowned King Gyanendra promised a full investigation, Nepalis said they were angry that no-one had yet come up with a convincing explanation for Friday's bloodbath.
Officials first blamed the Crown Prince, who was fatally wounded and died Monday, and then said the royals died after an automatic weapon accidentally exploded.
"What has happened is not good. There are a lot of unanswered questions as to how the king, queen and Crown Prince Dipendra died," said one shopkeeper, who declined to be named.
"It is difficult to believe that the son shot his parents. There is more than meets the eye," he added.
Youths, many with heads shaved in the Hindu mark of mourning, burned tires and shouted slogans demanding the truth.
Several hundred people on motorbikes, carrying big portraits of the king and queen, briefly joined the mob at the palace and then whizzed off again to another part of the city.
Soldiers were brought in to guard the palace gates, and the crowd retreated behind police barriers, leaving a litter of shoes and slippers on the street.
Birendra's son and heir Dipendra died today after being in a coma since Friday night's massacre.