Police have clashed with thousands of protesters outside Nepal's parliament in Kathmandu. Photo: AP PHOTO

Police in Kathmandu have opened fire on protesters demonstrating against a government ban on social media, killing at least 11 and wounding dozens more.

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Seven people died at the National Trauma Centre, said Dr Badri Risal, adding there were 58 wounded in the hospital.

"Many of them are in serious condition and appear to have been shot in the head and chest," the doctor said at the country's main hospital in the heart of Kathmandu.

"Stop the ban on social media, stop corruption

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