Nepal's Maoists, fighting a bloody six-year insurgency to topple the monarchy, have hit a new target: fish. State media said on Friday the leftist guerrillas made off with 200 kgs of fish when they attacked government-run ponds at Ganeshsthan village in Nuwakot, some 90 kms north of Kathmandu. "About 100 rebels forcibly opened the sluice gate of the fishpond and drained the water before making off with the fish from two ponds," said the official RSS news agency, quoting a fishery employee who witnessed Wednesday's attack. "All the Maoists were wearing masks," it added.
The massacres, the gun battles, the intimidation and extortion — all those were bad enough. But this... This goes beyond the pale, goddammit! |