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60 children killed in conflict in Nepal

Xinhuanet

January 18, 2006

KATHMANDU, Jan. 18 (Xinhuanet) -- At least 60 children were killed from January to November 2005 in Nepal because of conflict, an official said here Wednesday.

"Of them, 48 were killed by the anti-government guerrillas, six died in crossfire and six others died in the hands of security forces," Tarak Dhital, spokesperson at Child Workers in Nepal Concerned Center (CWIN), a non-government organization, told reporters.

Now the total number of child death due to the conflict in Nepal has reached 421, Dhital revealed.

Similarly, 148 children were physically injured during the same period last year, Dhital noted, adding, "The number of physically injured children has reached 462."

According to the CWIN records, the guerrillas had abducted 14,873 children along with teachers for their indoctrination campaign last year. "Security personnel had also arrested 24 children and raped a girl in that period," Dhital noted.

A total of 3,701 schools were affected last year. Bunkers were built in 65 schools and 29 schools were affected by bombs. Guerrillas also destroyed three schools during the period, Dhital said.

"They say they won't harm children but in principle none of them follow what they say," Dhital said.

Royal Nepalese Army is now using eight schools as army barracks in the country and the National Human Rights Commission, a government institution, stated that children rescued by the army or arrested during the crossfire are used as spies, he added.

Over 12,000 Nepalese people have been killed since the anti-government insurgency took place in the Himalayan kingdom in February 1996.

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