VOICER Maoist rebels shoot dead police chief and two others in Nepal

Описание: (26 Jan 2003) VOICED BY VERA FRANKL



Bagdol, western suburb of Katmandu
0000 Various people looking at murder scene
0018 SOUNDBITE: (Nepalese) Voxpop:
0037 Crowd outside hospital where bodies were taken
0039 Line of people waiting to pay respects, various
0045 Lokendra Bahadur Chand, Nepali Prime Minister laying flowers at bodies
0049 Close up Prime Minister
0051 Wide shot bodies
0055 Woman crying
0057 Mourners walking around bodies
0103 Wide shot woman mourner appraoching bodies
0108 mid shot woman mourner
0117 Close up woman crying
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Suspected Maoist rebels shot dead the chief of Nepal's Armed Police Force and two others on Sunday.

Officials said the three victims appeared to have died instantly after being shot at close range.

The rebels, who claim to be inspired by Chinese revolutionary leader Mao Zedong, began a violent campaign in 1996 to abolish Nepal's constitutional monarchy and establish a socialist state in this Himalayan kingdom.

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Krishna Mohan Shrestha, his wife and a bodyguard were killed while walking near their home in the suburbs of Katmandu.

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The couple regularly used the route for their morning walk.

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People close to the scene reported hearing several bursts of gunfire.

0018 UPSOUND : (Nepalese) Voxpop:

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I heard a shot and I didn't pay much attention .Then I heard another shot says this man. Then I went to the murder scene and saw two bodies there. The woman was lying face-down. They were lying very close together and there was a third body, about 5 feet behind.

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The bodies were taken to a hospital for post-mortem examinations.

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Later, police allowed people inside to pay their respects.

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The Nepalese prime minister visited and laid flowers on the bodies.

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Shrestha had been appointed to head the Armed Police Force about two years ago when it was formed to combat the Maoist rebels.

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Clashes between government forces and rebels have intensified in recent months - with the army joining the police in a campaign to root out Maoist fighters from strongholds in remote mountainous areas.

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Both the government and the rebels have repeatedly said they're ready for peace talks - but neither side has taken the initiative.

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The insurgency has killed more than 7 - thousand people.

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