 KATHMANDU - Maoist rebels have abducted over 100 students from schools in the west Nepal district of Myagdi, a television report said on Saturday.
| So much for the ceasefire. |
The report comes amid allegations by the Nepalese government that Maoists were not observing a ceasefire they announced a week ago. Privately-run Kantipur television reported that the students had been Thursday afternoon taken from at least three schools located in remote parts of Myagdi district, about 220 kilometres west of the Nepalese capital Kathmandu. The whereabouts of the abducted students were unknown. Maoists have in the past abducted civilians and students to take part in their indoctrination programmes, or to use them as human shields when attacking government installations, army and police posts. |