Nepal Troops Kill 350 Maoist Rebels Posted by Scott Manning on May 08, 2002 | Comments (0)

Security forces killed at least 350 Maoist guerrillas in gunbattles in western Nepal, the Defense Ministry said Saturday, in what would be the deadliest couple of days in the rebels' 6-year-old campaign to replace the constitutional monarchy with a communist state.

The attack by security forces on rebel camps and hide-outs in Lisne, a village 220 miles west of Katmandu, began Thursday and lasted until Friday night, the ministry said in a statement.Full Story...