The Nepali capital is calm today as residents digest official news that Crown Prince Dipendra was responsible for slaying almost his entire family before killing himself.
The news, broken to an anxious nation yesterday evening by a commission established to look into the June 1st massacre, ended nearly two weeks of rumor and uncertainty over the affair.
"Well if that's what they say then it must be true," said Mr Ranji Balup, as he prepared to open his shop. "I just hope things can return to normal now."
But whether the majority of the population accepts the commission's findings remained to be seen - after much talk of conspiracy on the streets of Kathmandu.
Thousands rioted last week when the government's original explanation, that it was an accident, was broadcast nationally.
But news of Prince Dipendra's guilt, which had already filtered through to the population of 22 million people, was confirmed in blunt detail by the investigating committee.
It said Dipendra had gunned down his parents, the king and queen, and seven other family members with an assortment of weapons during a killing spree fueled by alcohol and hashish.
It said the last telephone call the Prince made on his mobile phone was to Ms Divyani Rana, who friends say he was in love with.
Although the commission did not conclude a motive for the slaughter, friends have said it was because of his parents' opposition to his choice of bride.
The commission, which announced its finding in a news conference broadcast live to the nation, painted a very different picture of Dipendra from the one that the traditionally monarchist population had come to respect.
It said the Crown prince, who would have been 30 next Thursday, had a penchant for guns and regularly had aides check out weapons from the royal arsenal.
It said also that Dipendra was a habitual hashish user who had his orderlies prepare special cigarettes for him.