The anti-government guerrillas have abducted and killed a reporter of the state-owned Radio Nepal,The Kathmandu Post newspaper reported Tuesday.

A gang of guerrillas abducted Devendra Raj Thapa in Dailekh district of western Nepal on June 26 and killed him on Aug. 11.

The guerrillas accused Thapa, who is also an advisor to the Human Rights and Peace Society of Nepal, of spying for the government security forces against the insurgents.

The anti-government guerrillas have intensified their violent activities across Nepal in recent weeks. About 10,000 Nepalese people have lost their lives since the anti-government insurgency broke out in the Himalayan kingdom in early 1996.

Source: Xinhua