KATHMANDU - The leader of a splinter faction of Nepal’s Maoist rebels said on Sunday his group had shot and killed a member of the Himalayan nation’s parliament. Three gunmen on motorcycles shot Krishna Charan Shrestha on Saturday in Belaha village, about 150 km (93 miles) east of the capital, Kathmandu.Jay Krishna Goit, leader of leader of breakaway faction Janatantrik Terai Mukti Morcha told reporters that his men had killed the legislator. ‘Shrestha was killed because he was involved in the exploitation and oppression of the people,’ Goit said.
| Any chance the authorities could, you know, capture Goit? Perhaps the Ghurkas aren't busy? |
ShresthaÂ’s pro-monarchy Rastriya Prajatantra party is the fourth largest group in parliament, but it is not a member of the ruling seven-party alliance.
This is the first time a senior politician has been killed by the faction, which broke away from the main Maoist rebels in 2004 and now operates in some pockets of NepalÂ’s southern Terai region, bordering northeastern India.
| And of course the main Maoist rebel group isn't responsible, can't control them and does nothing more than tusk-tusk every time the Janatantrik hardboyz off another opponent. |