Province No. 1 (NA): Timeline (Terrorist Activities) -2003

The Radio Nepal has reported that security forces (SFs) killed four Maoist insurgents in separate encounters in Sankhuwasabha and Teharathum on November 1. While a woman rebel attempting to break a security cordon was shot dead in Sankhuwasabha, three others were killed at Taplejung in retaliatory firing after a socket bomb attack. Further, another Maoist was killed in an encounter in Bara on the same day. Read less...

According to the Directorate of Public Relation (DPR) of the Nepalese army, on the same day, in separate encounters with SFs three armed Maoists were killed in the Furumbu area of Taplejung district, three others were killed in the Kolpu area of Nuwakot and one Maoist each were killed at Falate of Nuwakot, Gipsing of Rukum, Bagjhora of Makwanpur and Phulbari of Bara districts. Read less...

SFs have also killed six Maoists in the Khairala village of Kailali district, three in the Sodasha area of Aachham district and one each in Swachhi and Pangda area of Shankhuwasabha and at Kmalamai of Sindhuli district in separate clashes on November 2. Read less...

Maoist insurgents abducted and later killed an ex-Gurkha sergeant at Chyangthapu in the Panchthar district, The Rising Nepal reported on November 7. Separately, a student was killed in a Maoist ambush at Dhading on November 4. Read less...

Security forces (SF) have killed 19 Maoist insurgents in separate clashes in seven unspecified districts, Radio Nepal reported on November 6. Further, two Maoists have been killed in an ongoing clash since November 4 between the Army and insurgents at Jalbire in Sindhupalchowk district. Read less...

Security forces (SFs) have killed 13 Maoist insurgents, including five each in Banke and Siraha districts and one each at Mangalbare of Ilam and Katike and Samundratar of Nuwakot districts on November 4. Read less...

The Maoists killed one civilian in Siraha and set ablaze a building in Bhojpur on the same day. Read less...

The Nepali Congress (Democratic) has alleged that the Maoists have issued death threats against the party leaders and others in Solokhumbu district. Further, the insurgents shot at and injured two Home Ministry officials at Bhotahity in Kathmandu on November 5. Read less...

Reports from Phidim in Panchthar district said that the body of a Nepali Congress activist, who had been abducted by Maoists along with his four children, was found by SFs on November 7. Read less...

Security forces (SFs) have killed 18 Maoist insurgents in separate encounters in the past 24 hours, the Himalayan Times has reported on November 8. In separate clashes, SFs killed five Maoists in Damauli and five others in Rautahat district, two at Beltar in Saptari district, two at Namdu in Dolakha district and one Maoist each in Ranichuri of Sindhuli district, Toribari of Ilam district, Khodpe of Baitadi district and Sukhipu in Siraha district. Read less...

According to media reports, seven Maoist insurgents were killed in a clash with security forces (SFs) at Sainpashala in Bhajang district on November 8. Six Maoists were also killed in separate encounters with SFs on November 9, Radio Nepal has reported. Two insurgents were killed in retaliatory firing by SFs at Pattharkot in Sarlahi district. One insurgent was killed in a shoot out in Morang village were one police personnel and a civilian were also injured. Another insurgent was shot dead at Gularia in Bardia district after he shot and injured a civilian at the district headquarters. Two Maoists were also killed in a separate encounter at Rabi Bazzar in the Panchthar district. Read less...

Three SF personnel were killed in two different ambushes laid by the insurgents in Betani jungle of Bhojpur district and Kapurkot in the Salyan district on November 9. Read less...

Three Maoists were killed in fresh clashes with SFs in the Sankhuwasabha and Panchthar districts on November 10. Read less...

Six Maoist insurgents and one security force (SF) personnel were reportedly killed in separate clashes across the country. Three Maoists were killed in two separate security operations in Panchthar district. In Sankhuasabha and Dolpa, two and one Maoist were killed respectively. Read less...

According to media reports, security forces (SFs) have killed 15 Maoist insurgents in separate incidents across the country, including six at Khaneda in Bajhang district, four at Suanriya in Rautahat district, two each at Pato in Saptari district and Sanwa in Taplejung district and one insurgent at Tinkune in Sunsari district on November 13. Maoists have also killed three civilians, including a child and a 70-year-old man, in different incidents on the same day. In the Syangja district, Maoists abducted a SF personnel and injured two others in an ambush in Letang VDC (Village Development Council) of Morang district on November 13. In another incident, the insurgents shot dead one SF personnel and a civilian and injured another civilian at Kakarhawa in Rupandehi district on November 12. Read less...

In two separate incidents, Maoists destroyed a bridge by detonating bombs in Dainiya VDC in Morang district and destroyed the district land revenue office in Bara. Separately, sixty socket bombs in Kirtipur and three sacks of similar bombs were recovered in Lamgunj on November 12 by the SF personnel. Read less...

SFs have also killed eight Maoists in separate clashes across the country while one insurgent was killed in an encounter in Udaipur district on November 12, said media reports quoting Defence Ministry sources. Read less...

The Maoists are also reported to have looted seven Australian tourists in Kanchenjunga and Taplejung on November 15. Read less...

Media reports on November 18 said that security forces (SFs) have killed four Maoist insurgents, including an ‘area commander’, in the Bhotang forests of Sindhupalchowk district on November 16. On the same day, Maoists injured four SF personnel in an ambush at Khadbari in the Sankhuwasabha district. Read less...

According to media reports, three Maoist insurgents were killed and one security force (SF) personnel was injured in a clash when the insurgents tried to attack a patrol team near the border of Bardia and Kailali districts on November 20. Two automatic rifles, magazines and six socket bombs were recovered from the possession of the slain insurgents. Meanwhile, SF personnel have killed five Maoist insurgents in separate incidents, including two each in Dolakha and Kailali districts and one in Syangjha on November 19. Further, SFs defused powerful bombs in two different places, one at Dharan-Dhankuta and the other in a school at Laxmipur in the Jhapa district on November 20. A delayed media report said that SFs in Dolakha killed a Maoist insurgent on November 17. Read less...

One SF personnel and an insurgent were killed in a clash, when a group of Maoists attempted to blow up the telephone tower in Bhojpur. Two other Maoists were killed in Ranagaon, Udaypur. Elsewhere, Maoists shot dead a civilian at Satbariya in the Dang district and a security guard at Tikapur in Kailati on November 17. Read less...

Radio Nepal reports on November 17 said that SFs defused five bombs placed under a bridge on the Biratnagar Dharan highway in Sunsari. Read less...

According to media reports, security forces (SFs) have killed seven Maoist insurgents in separate incidents including three in Bishnupatti, Sarlahi and one in Panchthar districts on November 18. One Self Loading Rifle, an unspecified quantity of magazines and socket bombs were recovered from the incident sites. Read less...

Maoists have killed two Nepali Congress (NC) activists and a journalist after abducting them in separate incidents in Ilam district on November 19. A civilian was reportedly killed by insurgents in Kalika VDC (Village Development Council) of Kanchanpur district. Read less...

Security force (SFs) personnel killed three Maoist insurgents, including a woman cadre, in two separate encounters at Panchthar and Ghorai in the Dang district on November 21. On the same day, the insurgents killed two SF personnel and injured another in an ambush at Tehrathum. Further, the Maoists also shot dead a security guard at an appellate court in Butwal. Separately, the insurgents used bombs and destroyed a Government office in Banke district. Read less...

SFs shot dead a Maoist insurgent and injured many others in an exchange of fire in Taplejung district on the same day. A pistol was recovered from the slain insurgent. SFs have also recovered two quintals of explosives from a home in Siddharthanagar on November 22. Read less...

Four Maoist insurgents were killed by security forces (SFs) in separate incidents, including two each at Gamharia in Rautahat district and Lahan in Siraha district on November 24, Radio Nepal has reported. On the same day, three SF personnel were killed and five others were injured in a Maoist ambush at Mechinagar in the Jhapa district. Meanwhile, two more SF personnel were killed in a Maoist ambush in the Syangjha district. Read less...

Media reports of November 25 quoting Defence Ministry sources claimed that security forces (SFs) have killed 10 Maoists during the past 48 hours in separate clashes, including two each in the Dang, Jhapa, Nuwakot, Rautahat and Dailekh districts. SFs have reportedly recovered two .303 rifles and an unspecified amount of bombs, pistols and materials for making electric bombs from the encounter sites. Further, two more insurgents, including a woman cadre, were killed in a separate encounter with the SFs at Manakarmana in the Nuwakot district on November 24. Read less...

According to media reports, two security force (SF) personnel were killed by Maoist insurgents at Charikot in the Dolakha district on November 26. On the same day, SFs shot dead four Maoists in the Dang district and another at Dorumba in Ramechap district. Separately, the Maoists abducted four civilians in Kavre on November 25. Meanwhile, eight insurgents, including the President of Kirti Mukti Morcha (affiliated with the Maoists) surrendered to local authorities in Sankhuwasaha on November 25. Read less...

Quoting Defense Ministry sources, media reports have indicated that 22 Maoist insurgents were killed in continuing security operations in seven districts on November 25 and November 26. Eight Maoists were killed by security force (SF) personnel at three different places in the Dang district and six Maoists were killed in Sindhupalchowk district. Insurgents were also killed in separate encounters in the Bara, Dailekh, Okhaldungha, Kailali and Bardia districts. An unspecified number of .303 rifles, magazines, bullets, socket and pressure cooker bombs, detonators and explosives were recovered from the operation sites. Read less...

In separate encounters on November 30, security forces (SF) have killed nine Maoist insurgents, including four at Tanamuna in the Sunsari district, three in Siraha and two in Panchthar district. Meanwhile, in two separate incidents, SFs killed an insurgent in the Kailali district, while the Maoists killed a civilian in the Bardia district on November 29. Read less...

Radio Nepal has reported that SFs foiled an attempt by Maoists to free insurgents imprisoned at a prison in the Okhaldhunga district. One SF personnel was injured in this incident. Read less...