The death toll from a surge of Maoist violence sweeping the landlocked Himalayan country of Nepal climbed to at least 112 on Saturday and will rise as more bodies are found, officials said. The prediction follows the discovery of at least 36 bodies of Maoist rebels in a ditch in west Nepal on Saturday taking the toll from gun battles on Thursday to 90, officials said. "The bodies were found in a field and were all in combat dress," Junior Interior Minister Devendra Raj Kandel told Reuters. "There are definitely many more bodies lying in the ditch and they will be taken out tomorrow." Officials said at least 22 people, including two children, had been killed in a fresh wave of violence since Friday. In the most recent attack, a land mine blast in western Nepal killed three people.
The Maoists don't seem to mind expending large numbers, and their numbers don't seem to mind being expended. I wonder how many of them are Nepali? |