Marriage dispute ‘triggered massacre’

Eyewitnesses of Crown Prince Dipendra’s massacre of his parents and seven other royals during a family dinner told government investigators in Nepal that the prince went on the rampage because of his parents’ opposition to his choice of bride.

However, the government said today that it would not investigate Dipendra’s motive further, even as it released a full report on its probe on the mass killing that has shocked this Himalayan nation.