Maoist Attacks

Maoist insurgents carried out two major attacks against the security forces in a span of 17 days.  Immediately following the massacre in Bhojpur district in eastern Nepal on 3 March, the carnage that took place at Beni Bazaar in Myagdi district on 20-21 March, in the western region once again terrorised the whole nation.  The security force sources have claimed that 500 Maoists were killed in the incident and confirmed that the insurgents have abducted 37 persons including the Chief District Officer and Deputy Superintendent of Police from Beni bazaar.  Different sections of the society and international community criticized these incidents and called for and immediate end to the violence.  Almost all the newspapers and media covered these attacks and expressed their fear about the Maoists’ return to the path of violence yet again.  They have said “indeed, it was the encounter between the insurgents and the security forces, but the killers and the killed were both Nepalisâ€Â