NEPAL: MAOIST REBELS ATTACK POLICE POST KILLING FIVE POLICEMEN

Record ID: 355455

  • Title: NEPAL: MAOIST REBELS ATTACK POLICE POST KILLING FIVE POLICEMEN
  • Date: 18th December 2004
  • Summary: (W3) SANKHU, NEPAL (DECEMBER 18, 2004) (REUTERS) 1. SLV POLICEMEN INSPECTING THE AREA 0.08 2. SCU (SOUNDBITE) (Nepali) DAYA RAM LAWATI, A SHOPKEEPER, SAYING: "As soon as I heard the noises we closed the shops and remained inside with our children and after about 25 minutes when the gunfire was over we opened and saw two to three people lying wound
  • Embargoed: 2nd January 2005 12:00
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  • Location: SANKHU,NEPAL
  • Country: Nepal
  • Reuters ID: LVA2ILHHIX27RMF7IWJ2P5KTCN66
  • Story Text: Maoist rebels attacked a police post near Nepal's
    capital on Saturday killing five policemen, police said



    Maoist rebels attacked a police post near Nepal's
    capital with crude bombs and automatic weapons on Saturday
    (December 18), killing five policemen, police said.

    The attack at Sankhu village, 20 km from Kathmandu, was
    the biggest assault by rebels so close to the capital since
    they launched a revolt in 1996 aiming to topple the
    constitutional monarchy.

    At least 55 people have been killed in Nepal in the last
    week in fighting between government troops and insurgents
    who want to establish communist rule in one of the world's
    poorest countries.

    Residents of the ancient village said rebels told people
    to shut shops and close their windows before they stormed
    the police post.

    Security forces said reinforcements had been sent to the
    area and a search was under way for the attackers who fled
    into nearby jungles after the attack.

    "They were large in number," said Senior Superintendent
    of police Narayan Bastakoti.

    Violence has increased in Nepal in the run-up to a Jan.

    13 deadline set by Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba for
    rebels to join peace talks on ending the revolt that has
    killed more than 10,000 people. The rebels rejected the
    deadline.

    The rebellion has wrecked Nepal's economy, which depends
    on tourism and aid, and has triggered a political crisis
    and forced thousands of villagers to flee their homes.



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