Saturday, December 17, 2005
Massacre at Nagarkot - RNA or a person
15th December 2005 - At such a critical situation in Nepal, a shocking event has occurred at Magargau in Nagarkot. At about 11:00pm, during a religious fete, a Royal Nepalese Army soldier named Bashudev Thapa opened fire on the local people, causing the death of 11 people and injury to more than 19 people, including women and children. 16 of the injured people are being treated at Birendra hospital, Chauni and are out of danger.
The annual festival of Mangsir Purnima started that day in Kalidev temple at around 5:00pm. Local people of Magargau, Nagarkot gathered at the temple and were dancing and singing. Few soldiers also appeared at the scene to have fun at about 9:00pm and among them was the sinister soldier, Bashudev Thapa. According to the reports given by witnesses, those soldiers initially had a quarrel with few young residents since the army men were pestering a girl. Then Bashudev stabbed one of his opponents and fled away from the site. Later the same soldier, agitated with vengeance, returned to the temple alone and started firing blindly at people there. The frantic soldier also perished after a while but the cause of this death is yet not clear. Some say that he shot himself after the incident while other say that another soldier shot him.
Within an hour, other soldiers arrived there from nearby Nagarkot barrack and took control of the situation. Injured were transported to hospital, dead bodies were shifted and the place was cleaned up.
Immediately the next day, the matter way politicized and the leaders of political parties declared Nepal Banda. They asked the king to take up the responsibility and descend. At many places in the major cities of the country, including Kathmandu, Chitwan, Biratnagar, Bhairahawa and Pokhara, there were riots and clashes between police and demonstrators.
Comments from Nepal Blog:
Nepal Blog expresses a heartfelt condolence towards the family who suffered from the contemptible incident. The government should help them, in any which way, to get over their horrendous memories. The massacre was a dreadful act of a demented soldier so is not the responsibility of any other person or institution. Had the soldier not been punished for what he had done or punished liberally, it would have been a mistake in the part of RNA or the government. Thus, Nepal Blog Discovery feels that violent backlash by the political parties is just yet another of their publicity stunts.
The annual festival of Mangsir Purnima started that day in Kalidev temple at around 5:00pm. Local people of Magargau, Nagarkot gathered at the temple and were dancing and singing. Few soldiers also appeared at the scene to have fun at about 9:00pm and among them was the sinister soldier, Bashudev Thapa. According to the reports given by witnesses, those soldiers initially had a quarrel with few young residents since the army men were pestering a girl. Then Bashudev stabbed one of his opponents and fled away from the site. Later the same soldier, agitated with vengeance, returned to the temple alone and started firing blindly at people there. The frantic soldier also perished after a while but the cause of this death is yet not clear. Some say that he shot himself after the incident while other say that another soldier shot him.
Within an hour, other soldiers arrived there from nearby Nagarkot barrack and took control of the situation. Injured were transported to hospital, dead bodies were shifted and the place was cleaned up.
Immediately the next day, the matter way politicized and the leaders of political parties declared Nepal Banda. They asked the king to take up the responsibility and descend. At many places in the major cities of the country, including Kathmandu, Chitwan, Biratnagar, Bhairahawa and Pokhara, there were riots and clashes between police and demonstrators.
Comments from Nepal Blog:
Nepal Blog expresses a heartfelt condolence towards the family who suffered from the contemptible incident. The government should help them, in any which way, to get over their horrendous memories. The massacre was a dreadful act of a demented soldier so is not the responsibility of any other person or institution. Had the soldier not been punished for what he had done or punished liberally, it would have been a mistake in the part of RNA or the government. Thus, Nepal Blog Discovery feels that violent backlash by the political parties is just yet another of their publicity stunts.
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