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Nepal Maoists ambush army convoy; 6 killed
On the heels of the controversial local polls in Nepal, fresh violence erupted with the Maoists ambushing a security convoy and triggering a clash that is feared to have killed at least six people.
A Royal Nepalese Army convoy was on Thursday heading for Rupandehi in southwest Nepal along the Mahendra highway when it was ambushed by the rebels, media reports said on Friday.
The insurgents triggered an explosion that set at least three security vehicles ablaze and brought retaliatory fire by security forces, the Himalayan Times daily reported.
A woman passer-by and at least two security personnel were killed in the blast.
The daily quoted eyewitnesses as saying that six bodies were lying on the highway after the blast. Some of the attackers were also killed in the ensuing gun battle, the daily said.
However, the exact nature of the casualties could not be officially confirmed immediately.
The Maoist ambush comes as the government of King Gyanendra tried to portray Wednesday's municipal elections as peaceful and successful and said it would go ahead with a general election next year.
The polls were held amid stiff opposition by political parties and the Maoists as well as condemnation by the US, Japan and India as a farce.
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http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/7598_1621974,000500020003.htm
At least seven people have been killed and scores wounded in clashes between government troops and Maoists in Nepal, reports say.
The fighting took place on Thursday when the rebels attacked an army convoy in south-western Nepal.
The BBC's Sushil Sharma says the clashes appear to be one of the heaviest in recent months.
The violence follows Wednesday's controversial local elections in which 20% of voters cast their ballots.
The Nepalese army says two of its soldiers died in the latest fighting which is also said to have claimed the life of a civilian.
"Clashes began in Nawalparasi district Thursday afternoon and lasted until around 7pm," an unnamed army official is quoted as saying by the AFP news agency on Friday.
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/4699670.stm
The insurgents triggered an explosion that set at least three security vehicles ablaze and brought retaliatory fire by security forces, the Himalayan Times daily reported.
A woman passer-by and at least two security personnel were killed in the blast.
The daily quoted eyewitnesses as saying that six bodies were lying on the highway after the blast. Some of the attackers were also killed in the ensuing gun battle, the daily said.
However, the exact nature of the casualties could not be officially confirmed immediately.
The Maoist ambush comes as the government of King Gyanendra tried to portray Wednesday's municipal elections as peaceful and successful and said it would go ahead with a general election next year.
The polls were held amid stiff opposition by political parties and the Maoists as well as condemnation by the US, Japan and India as a farce.
More
http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/7598_1621974,000500020003.htm
At least seven people have been killed and scores wounded in clashes between government troops and Maoists in Nepal, reports say.
The fighting took place on Thursday when the rebels attacked an army convoy in south-western Nepal.
The BBC's Sushil Sharma says the clashes appear to be one of the heaviest in recent months.
The violence follows Wednesday's controversial local elections in which 20% of voters cast their ballots.
The Nepalese army says two of its soldiers died in the latest fighting which is also said to have claimed the life of a civilian.
"Clashes began in Nawalparasi district Thursday afternoon and lasted until around 7pm," an unnamed army official is quoted as saying by the AFP news agency on Friday.
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/4699670.stm
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Even as government spokesman and Information and Communications Minister Shrish Shumsher Rana said in the capital on Tuesday that braveheart Nepalis were ready to risk their lives and limbs to take part in Wednesday’s municipal polls, Maoists put the claim to test, launching multiple attacks resulting in the death of at least 13 people in 48 hours.
The most fierce fighting was reported from Udaypur district in eastern Nepal where the rebels attacked a security post, killing five men and losing two of their own cadres. Fierce clashes also occurred in Panauti town, when they attacked a security camp as well as a municipal building, where officials were staying for Wednesday’s polls. While the two-storey building was badly damaged, two security personnel died in the attack as well as a civilian.
The rebels also struck in Kathmandu valley, killing a taxi driver on Monday evening for defying their week-long bundh called from Sunday, prompting stronger measures by the government. The royalist government on Tuesday announced all transport would be prohibited in Kathmandu valley from 6:00 am to 8:00 pm on Wednesday, except ambulances, firebrigade and security vehicles and cars with special passes issued by the administration.
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Meanwhile, Maoist supremo Pushpa Kamal Dahal aka Prachanda made a surprise appearance in Nepal, with the two biggest dailies, Kantipur and its sister publication, the Kathmandu Post, carrying an extensive interview with the underground leader who has an Interpol alert for his arrest.
“We have an army, we have guns,” Prachanda said. “Let’s sit together with all including the seven parties. Let’s decide together who should be commanders, commissars, chief of the army. Let’s make a national army.” The army, he said, would support a constituent assembly — an electoral college that would write a new constitution for Nepal, turning it into a republic from a constitutional monarchy. “Let’s form a parallel government of the parties and the Maoists,” the rebel supremo said.
The Maoists would then support the parties to restore the lower House of parliament dissolved in 2002, and begin peace talks with the new government. “After forming such a government — the government of the seven parties and a party that rebelled — we can approach the UN and international community, saying this is the legitimate government of Nepal.” The Maoist leader reiterated his party would abide by the result of the election to write a new constitution for Nepal. “We will accept it if the people want an active monarch. If the people say republic, all should accept that.” He said King Gyanendra closed the doors for talks when he seized power by force last year and his motives would be suspect if he called a ceasefire now. “If the ceasefire comes with the intention of defusing the movement, we won’t accept it. We will reciprocate positively if the ceasefire seems to be leading to meaningful dialogue. But we don’t see that possibility.”
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http://www.deccanherald.com/deccanherald/feb82006/national174157200627.asp