11 August 2004
Dekendra Thapa
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A Nepali journalist had been killed by communist rebels weeks after they kidnapped him in the country's mountainous western district, a media rights group said today.
The rebels posted a notice at Dekendra Thapa's Narayan village in Dailekh district, about 500km west of Kathmandu, saying they had killed the journalist for spying on the rebel group. Thapa, who worked for the state-run Radio Nepal, was seized by the rebels in June.
