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Pilot shot in Nepal capital by suspected Maoists KATHMANDU, Saturday (AFP) A helicopter pilot who has transported police was shot and wounded by suspected Maoist rebels Saturday on the outskirts of Nepal's capital Kathmandu, police said. H.R. Joshi, who worked for a private airliner, was shot at close range while on his morning walk in the Bhatbhateni area but avoided serious injury when he ducked to a side, police said. Joshi was rushed to a hospital for treatment and was in stable condition with injuries only to a hand, a police spokesman said. Police said the motive of the attack was unclear, but sources close to Joshi said the pilot had been transporting personnel from the armed police force to areas where troops are battling the Maoists. The Maoists had frequently warned Joshi not to fly the policemen, the sources said. The rebels have been fighting since 1996 to topple the constitutional monarchy and establish a communist republic in an insurgency that has claimed close to 7,800 lives, according to army figures. |
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