NEPAL, February 18, 2002: About 100 people have been killed in two separate but simultaneous attacks by Maoist rebels on government installations in western Nepal. The victims of the raids on two towns in the remote district of Achham included police officers, soldiers and local government officials. The BBC’s Daniel Lak says the scale and ferocity of the attacks go beyond anything the rebels have carried out previously in six years of conflict. The Nepalese cabinet has convened an emergency meeting to discuss the situation. The rebels are seeking to overthrow Nepal’s constitutional monarchy.
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