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Nepal's government to strike back at Maoist rebels
The Nepalese government has vowed to immediately strike back against Maoist guerrillas who killed 133 people, mostly army and police personnel.
The government says it's instructed all security agencies to launch immediate offensive and defensive operations against the Maoists in view of the major attacks on the security forces,.
n one raid alone this weekend, more than 100 people were killed in Mangalsen town, some 600 kilometres west of the capital of Kathmandu. Officials say troops are searching for the rebels.
Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba is due to seek parliamentary approval for the extension of the state of emergency for another three months.
King Gyanendra declared the state of emergency and ordered the army to be deployed against the rebels last November after they attacked police and army posts across the country
19/02/2002 06:04:28 | ABC Radio Australia News
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