Suspected Rebels Kill Police Chief, 2 Others
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Suspected Maoist rebels shot dead the chief of Nepal’s Armed Police Force, his wife and a bodyguard while they were walking near their home in a suburb of the capital, Katmandu, today, police said. No arrests were made immediately.
Krishna Mohan Shrestha became head of the police force about two years ago when it was formed to fight the rebels, who claim to be inspired by China’s Mao Tse-tung.
They began a campaign in 1996 to abolish Nepal’s constitutional monarchy and establish a socialist state.
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