Troops Kill at Least 68 Maoist Rebels
Nepalese troops killed at least 68 Maoist rebels in attacks on the guerrillas fighting to topple the Himalayan kingdom’s constitutional monarchy, the Defense Ministry said.
Ministry spokesman Bhola Silwal said troops launched a “strong assault” on a rebel training camp at Gumchal in Rolpa district, 280 miles west of Katmandu, the capital. The attack killed 62 insurgents.
Six rebels were killed in clashes with troops elsewhere in west Nepal, the heart of the insurgency, Silwal said.
The revolt, which began in 1996, has claimed about 2,900 lives--more than 1,100 of those since Jan. 1.
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