----- Original Message ----- From: Barry Stoller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, April 07, 2001 2:07 PM Subject: [downwithcapitalism] FW: Struggle in Nepal Associated Press. 7 April 2001 - 03:22 AM. Maoist Rebels Kill 28 Policemen in Nepal KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) - In a fresh outbreak of violence, Maoist rebels attacked a police station in a remote mountain village, killing at least 28 policemen and injuring 12, state-run Radio Nepal said Saturday. With Friday's attack, 65 policemen have been killed and 54 are missing in a week of assaults on police stations. Police say a large number of rebels have also been killed, but did not have a number. The rebels attacked the police station late Friday at Naumule village, about 250 miles west of the capital Katmandu. In a battle that police said lasted several hours, the rebels hurled crude bombs, shot officers and set the station on fire. The rebels had called a national strike on Friday to demand the abolition of the constitutional monarchy. Friday was the 11th anniversary of the declaration of [so-called] democracy in Nepal in 1990, when King Birendra was stripped of absolute power and a parliamentary government was established. In the days preceding the anniversary, the rebels had killed 37 policemen in two attacks on remote village police stations. Since the rebels, who model themselves after Peru's Shining Path guerrillas, began fighting the government in 1996, 343 policemen and 1,027 rebel fighters have been killed. Another 282 civilian have also died. PLEASE DISREGARD ANY SPAM THAT MAY FOLLOW THIS LINE Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
