MAOISTS KIDNAP NOT ONLY SOLDIERS, BUT ALSO YOUTHS and CIVILIANS

Maoists abducted 12 youths from Hapure, Dang district, after a mass meeting in the area on Friday. Whereabouts of the youths remain unknown.

The security forces freed five army men unhurt, abducted by Maoists this afternoon from Gaura Bazaar, Dadeldhura. The five soldiers were on their way to Daha Barrack from Kailali’s Teghari were taken hostage by Maoists at around 1:00 p.m., reports said.

Separately, in Saptari, a group of armed Maoists abducted two civilians, one from Pipra area and another from Baitawa VDC, on Friday night, reports said.


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