 KATHMANDU - Five children abducted by Maoists from schools in eastern Nepalâs Taplegunj district have escaped their captors, Nepalese media reports said on Saturday. | They weren't kidnapped, it was just, um, ... summer camp. From Hell. |
The children, all under 14 years of age, escaped last Tuesday, local media said. According to the private Image Metro television channel, the children were forced by the Maoists to join the rebel groupâs militia. The Nepalese internet news portal Kantipuronline quoted its correspondent in the district, about 300 kilometres from Kathmandu, as saying that the Maoists resorted to beating the children when they expressed their desire to go home. âThe Maoists used to beat me when I said I wanted to go to my parents,â 12-year-old Ashok was quoted as saying. | Yup, Maoists are just warm and fuzzy when they're around kids ... |
Meanwhile, at least 65 people including 20 students were abducted by Maoists in western Nepal Wednesday and Thursday, media reports said Saturday. Security sources in the Nepalese capital said 20 persons were abducted in the Doti district, about 500 kilometres west of Kathmandu, and 20 students were taken in the Bajura district, about 460 kilometres west of the capital. | Village defense forces need more weapons. |
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