Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
06KATHMANDU770
2006-03-22 06:37:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Kathmandu
Cable title:
MAOIST THROWS SOCKET BOMB OVER WALL OF NEPALI
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C O N F I D E N T I A L KATHMANDU 000770
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
DEPT FOR SCA
E.O. 12958: DECL: 03/22/2016
TAGS: PTER PGOV PHUM NP
SUBJECT: MAOIST THROWS SOCKET BOMB OVER WALL OF NEPALI
CONSERVATION ORGANIZATION IN KATHMANDU VALLEY
Classified By: CDA John Schlosser, Reasons, 1.4 (b/d).
Maoists Bomb Office Associated With Royal Family
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C O N F I D E N T I A L KATHMANDU 000770
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
DEPT FOR SCA
E.O. 12958: DECL: 03/22/2016
TAGS: PTER PGOV PHUM NP
SUBJECT: MAOIST THROWS SOCKET BOMB OVER WALL OF NEPALI
CONSERVATION ORGANIZATION IN KATHMANDU VALLEY
Classified By: CDA John Schlosser, Reasons, 1.4 (b/d).
Maoists Bomb Office Associated With Royal Family
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1. (C) During the evening of March 21, a suspected Maoist
riding a bicycle threw a socket bomb over the wall of the
King Mahendra Trust for Nature Conservation office in
Jawalakhel (Patan, south of Kathmandu, within the Kathmandu
Valley). The bomb injured two people, one seriously. The
police did not apprehend anybody. The King Mahendra Trust is
closely associated with the Royal Family; currently Crown
Prince Paras is in Austria on King Mahendra Trust business to
hand over two rhinos.
Police Arrest Five Maoists in the Kathmandu Valley
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2. (U) On March 21 Maoist Prabha Kiran, leader of the
insurgents' Kathmandu Valley Command, issued a statement,
carried by local newspapers and appearing on the Maoist
website, acknowledging that on March 20 and 21 police had
arrested five Maoist cadre, mentioned by name, active in the
Kathmandu Valley. She gave a strong warning to the "Royal
regime" to publicize the arrests of the cadre and treat them
as "prisoners of war," or else His Majesty's Government of
Nepal (HMGN) should "be prepared to face serious
consequences." Kiran also requested human rights groups,
journalists, intellectuals, civil society, and Maoist
supporters to "take initiative to save the lives of these
comrades."
Comment
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3. (C) The Maoists are announcing their presence in the
Kathmandu Valley in actions and words. However, these
arrests should hamper the Maoists' operational capabilities.
Nevertheless, HMGN could use the very real threat of
continuing Maoist violence to justify another round of
arrests of politicos and representatives of civil society to
prevent the seven-party alliance's planned April 8
pro-democracy demonstration.
SCHLOSSER
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
DEPT FOR SCA
E.O. 12958: DECL: 03/22/2016
TAGS: PTER PGOV PHUM NP
SUBJECT: MAOIST THROWS SOCKET BOMB OVER WALL OF NEPALI
CONSERVATION ORGANIZATION IN KATHMANDU VALLEY
Classified By: CDA John Schlosser, Reasons, 1.4 (b/d).
Maoists Bomb Office Associated With Royal Family
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1. (C) During the evening of March 21, a suspected Maoist
riding a bicycle threw a socket bomb over the wall of the
King Mahendra Trust for Nature Conservation office in
Jawalakhel (Patan, south of Kathmandu, within the Kathmandu
Valley). The bomb injured two people, one seriously. The
police did not apprehend anybody. The King Mahendra Trust is
closely associated with the Royal Family; currently Crown
Prince Paras is in Austria on King Mahendra Trust business to
hand over two rhinos.
Police Arrest Five Maoists in the Kathmandu Valley
-------------- --------------
2. (U) On March 21 Maoist Prabha Kiran, leader of the
insurgents' Kathmandu Valley Command, issued a statement,
carried by local newspapers and appearing on the Maoist
website, acknowledging that on March 20 and 21 police had
arrested five Maoist cadre, mentioned by name, active in the
Kathmandu Valley. She gave a strong warning to the "Royal
regime" to publicize the arrests of the cadre and treat them
as "prisoners of war," or else His Majesty's Government of
Nepal (HMGN) should "be prepared to face serious
consequences." Kiran also requested human rights groups,
journalists, intellectuals, civil society, and Maoist
supporters to "take initiative to save the lives of these
comrades."
Comment
--------------
3. (C) The Maoists are announcing their presence in the
Kathmandu Valley in actions and words. However, these
arrests should hamper the Maoists' operational capabilities.
Nevertheless, HMGN could use the very real threat of
continuing Maoist violence to justify another round of
arrests of politicos and representatives of civil society to
prevent the seven-party alliance's planned April 8
pro-democracy demonstration.
SCHLOSSER