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| Rusty |
Posted
on 20-Feb-04 08:43 AM
RNA guard shoots man ‘accidentally’ -- Nepalnews.com
Adding to civilian casualties, a Royal Nepal Army soldier shot a shopkeeper dead at Myanglung of Tehrathum district Friday morning. Reports quoted security personnel as claiming that the shooting occurred ‘by mistake’.
Chandra Baskota, a shop owner at Myanglung Bazaar breathed his last on the spot when a soldier who was on guard at the office of Nepal Bank Limited ‘mistakably’ pulled the trigger. The incident occurred at 11.30 am. Three others have been reported injured in the incident.
Meanwhile, a meeting of the District Security Committee was held following the incident. Chief District Officer Binod Khanal was quoted in reports as saying that the local administration has already urged the government to provide compensation to the victim.
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How did this happened? what a sad news... A person died because soldier 'mistakely' pulled the trigger? what a reason to terminate a person's existence. Doesn't a soldier, who is trained for several months/years can distinguish friends and foe? Is this the same thing like, "automatic gun went off in Royal palace?" Damn, Killing, slaying, and abducting have become ordinary news for us.
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| Spark |
Posted
on 20-Feb-04 08:46 AM
if that happens regularly, maila sarkar ko sasan dherai tikdaina hola.
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| Biswo |
Posted
on 20-Feb-04 11:09 AM
Until sometimes ago, the prevalent idea in political circle was that Maoist cadres are not under the direct control of their leaders. How else could one explain the fact that just when their leaders promise not to kill political party activists, some bandits down there hack yet another unarmed party man.
Well, Maoists have got friends now. RNA is either out of control these days, forming their own killing squads, in different pockets of operations. Or King Gyanendra is now a war criminal who has authorized these murders directly. Either he should take responsibility or he should say the army is not totally under his control anymore.
The last month there was this robbery in Narayanghat by the Maoists. Army said 6 Maoists were killed. Turned out 2 were innocent workers. What's wrong if the army had said 4 maoists and two innocents were killed and that the army is sorry for the death of those two.Then in Jugedi, army said 3 Maoists were killed. Turned out they were teenagers asking money for Shiva Ratri celebration/Temple construction.[As a teenager, I too used to be with the people who collected money during Shiva Ratri by stopping motors in the roads, asking for a few rupees. It is so wellknown tradition out there.] Before labelling someone, the army should at least look more closely at the corpses that the army was throwing in the air with the jubilation.
If we [educated one, comparatively] don't speak for these unarmed people, who will? For every reported case of killing of innocent unarmed civilians, I don't know how many unknown unknowns are crying for recognition in villages. Even in peacetime, RNA's ravenous look at the women outside of barracks, RNA's arrogance and unwillingness to work under civilian command were subject of news. One can only guess how exacerbated the situation probably is now! Let's let these brutes know now: that it was only in the past that rulers used to destroy villages, kill children and wives of all rebels, set fires in the whole village affiliated to rebels, kill every suspicious man with impunity to ensure that no one could confront them, no rebel would ever be born. In this stage of civilization, we can't allow that to happen.
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| buddu |
Posted
on 20-Feb-04 12:14 PM
Only last week, two innocent youths were killed by RNA in Bara. I wonder, how this could happen? Soldiers are scared to death it seems. Whoever runs away from them are shot - like those two in Bara who were playing cards.
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| Rusty |
Posted
on 20-Feb-04 12:40 PM
This is just a single example of appalling calamity that is covered by the news or media. We do not know how many innocent civilians are killed by these security forces in the other corner of nation. Today, a lot of people in Nepal are missing, leading us to think that whether they got killed by armies or Maoists. Where is the security? I won't say royal armies are gone out of control, but they are certainly lost in their goal. Are they defending themselves, defending civilians, defending the king, or defending government?
Before the army mobilization, city/village dwellers had a fear of getting terror threat by Maoists; now the new fear of getting killed by both army and Mao rebellions have been raised. We can get killed as we go to withdraw or deposit the money in a bank; we can get abducted as we are walking home from your office..anywhere..
I think there is absolutely no sorry for killing innocent people. Armies should be well trained to distinguish between friends or foe. Having done so many similar 'mistakes' in the past, they must learn not to gun down innocent public. They just cannot kill blameless people indiscriminately during their operation.
I think apology after each killing of innocent, also called ‘mistake/accident’, sounds completely irrational. Compensation to victim doesn’t bring his soul back for his family.
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| WkW |
Posted
on 20-Feb-04 02:28 PM
We are humans no matter what our position, identity or status is. For the security forces when going out in a missions or a routine security operations there is always a threat of being attacked and so have to be on full alert. We must not forget that the security personel is a human being and can commit some mistakes. Who doesn't love his/her life? The security forces impose maximum amount of risk of getting killed. Why dont we see that? In some instances people do have personal enemies and they intend on taking revenge. I dont deny that but there is a need of proper investigation and varification for this case. Well there is a possibility that it could have been the first time the army personel who shot the innocent victim confronting or even seeing him. We cant simply put blame or make comments with such vague informations.
Besides this we shouldn't forget that there is a reason for these army men there. They are fighting for us not themselves. Its not only their war. Its our war.
And why do we keep seeing the mistakes commited by people why are there for our good and not see the mistakes and offenses made by their opposing side? We have lost thousands of Nepali lives and we seem to notice the losses even though a mistake made by the good side.
What about the lives lost by many innocent people ruthlessly killed by the maoists. Do we even comment on them or about them? Do we impose questions regarding such situations?
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| jacko |
Posted
on 20-Feb-04 03:05 PM
Our Transition to Trigger Happy Nation. I am sure Michael Moore would love to write interesting books given the opportunity to write about abuse of authority in nepal. Clearly, the political disarray and constant need to guard against civil revolutionaries hasn't helped the ordinary citizen.
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