A doctor has given the first eyewitness account of how Nepal's late crown prince shot dead his father, his mother and seven other relatives.
Dr Rajiv Raj Shahi said the killings were committed over 90 seconds by Crown Prince Dipendra.
Dr Shahi said: "He started to appear that he was intoxicated, really drunk. He started to stammer and quarrel. It was a family gathering, so we decided to escort him away.
"About 9 p.m. I heard a burst of gunfire. I thought it was somebody playing a prank. There was shouting and I heard someone say: 'His Majesty has been shot'.
"Being a doctor, I ran toward His Majesty. I took off my coat and pressed it against his neck where he was bleeding. [The king] said: 'I have been shot in the stomach also'.
"My father-in-law [Prince Dhirendra] tried to stop the then-Crown Prince. He was shot at point-blank range on his chest." Prince Dhirendra died later in hospital.
He said Dipendra came in a second time with an assault rifle, shooting three more people, and then went out again and came back in.
"By this time, Princess Shruti had moved to near her father. He then shot at Princess Shobha, Princess Shruti and His Majesty again.
"From what I gathered, Queen Aiswarya went to confront the crown prince with what he had done," Mr Shahi said. Prince Dipendra killed his mother.
"Prince Nirajan came in the centre to save his mother. He was shot in the back," Mr Shahi said.