Twenty two Nepalese guerrillas, one civilian and a security man
were killed in the clashes between security forces and the
guerrillas in western Nepal in recent days, human rights activists
said here Friday.
The persons mostly were killed in the aerial strike launched by
the security forces that began on Jan. 12 continued till Wednesday
in Arunodaya of Tanahu district and Chitrebhanjyang, Magyam
Chisapani, Kichnas and Manakamana village of Syangja district, some
700 km west of Kathmandu, the human rights activists who inspected
the attack sites for five days, said in a statement.
Two died in Ambote of Arunodaya village in Tanahu, one in
Chitrebhanjyang of Syangja, two in Karangswanra, one in Kharikot
and 16 in Manakamana village, the statement noted.
The continued clashes between the security forces and the
guerrillas made the locals terrified, the statement added.
The human rights activists all came from non-governmental human
rights organizations of Nepal.
(Xinhua News Agency January 20, 2006)
