From: Barry Stoller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [Peoples War] Developments in Nepal KOL; Kathmandu Post. 22 December 2001. Maoists kill policeman in Bardiya; Five rebels killed, 21 suspects held. KATHMANDU --- Maoists have shot dead a police personnel at a marketplace in Mainapokhari in Gulriya-4 of Bardiya district this morning at around 8:30 a.m., the official National News Agency (RSS) reports. This is the first time that the terrorists have killed police personnel in the Tarai district. According to the report, police personnel Deep Narayan Chaudhary, who was with the area police office in Mainapokhari (around 19 kilometers east of the district headquarters), was suddenly shot at by a pistol while he was standing around the western side of the marketplace. He later succumbed to bullet wounds on the way to the Bheri Zonal Hospital in Nepalgunj. Earlier, security forces have gunned down five Maoists and arrested 21 suspects yesterday across the country, said the press release issued here today by the Defence Ministry. In Bhirkot, Gorkha district, three rebels were shot dead by the joint security forces of Royal Nepal Army (RNA) and Armed Police Force(APF) when they attempted to break the security cordon, according to the release. Those killed by the security forces have been identified as Radhika Adhikari, team commander of rebels' military team, Kopila Kumal, rebels� squad commander and another rebel with a same name Kopila Kumal. The release also said that other remaining deceased have been identified as Madan Gurung and Shyam Sundar Adhikari. They were shot dead by the security forces while attempting to escape from the security cordon. According to the release, security forces have also seized 13 guns and explosive materials from Gharti Gaon, Rolpa district . Altogether 21 suspects have been arrested from six different districts namely Dhading, Makwanpur, Sarlahi, Dhankuta, Kathmandu and Gulmi, the release also said. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Barry Stoller http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ProletarianNews _________________________________________________ KOMINFORM P.O. Box 66 00841 Helsinki Phone +358-40-7177941 Fax +358-9-7591081 http://www.kominf.pp.fi General class struggle news: [EMAIL PROTECTED] subscribe mails to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Geopolitical news: [EMAIL PROTECTED] subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] __________________________________________________
