Posted on 11/09/2002 8:01:45 AM PST by HAL9000
From AP -
Off-duty Nepalese guard of U.S. Embassy in Katmandu shot dead
KATMANDU, Nepal, Nov 09, 2002 (AP WorldStream via COMTEX) -- Three unidentified gunmen shot dead an off-duty Nepalese guard of the U.S. Embassy in Katmandu on Saturday, police said.
The guard, identified as Deepak Pokhrel, was shot in his house, about 5 kilometers (3 miles) from the embassy.
Police said they were investigating the case but had not arrested anyone.
Nepal has been wracked by a six-year Maoist insurgency that has left more than 7,000 people dead.
It was not immediately clear if the shooting was related to the rebellion.
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From AFP via Babelfish translation -
The person in charge for the safety of the embassy of the United States killed with Katmandou
Saturday November 09, 2002 - 13h46 GMT
KATMANDOU, Nov. 9 (AFP) - the person in charge for the safety of the embassy of the United States in Nepal was killed Saturday in his residence by three attackers, indicated a person in charge for the ministry for the confirming Interior of information of the public radio.
Deepak Prasad Pokharel was deadened in its residence of Katmandou when three attackers penetrated in his house and cut down it with bearing end before fleeing, specified this person in charge, who has allotted the attack to the guerrilla Maoist in fight for six years to establish a communist republic in the kingdom himalayen.
The rebels Maoists are famous being deeply anti-American.
"the three men entered the house towards 15H00 localeset asked" where is Mr. Pokharel?", the person in charge for the ministry for the Interior indicated. "a girl of the family took along on the first floor. When they saw Mr. Pokharel, they drew to him above and are flee ".
Mr. Pokharel was in charge of the supervision of the services of safety for the American institutions in the Nepal, of which the embassy of the United States with Katmandou.
December 15, 2001, a member of the service of safety of the American agency for the international development (USAID) had already been killed in Katmandou, in an attack also allotted to Maoists. No arrest was carried out 11 months after this murder. Last week, the American embassy offered a reward of 500.000 roupiesdollars) for any information on this business.
For six years, the conflict related to the insurrection Maoist has made more than 7.000 died according to authorities'. These figures are unverifiable independent sources.
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