Kathmandu, Oct. 15
Foreign Minister NP Saud has requested international organisations
and diplomatic missions to find out the status of a Nepali student Bipin Joshi,
who is missing in the ongoing war in Israel.
Talking to representatives of international news organisations
at his residence at Bhainsepati in Lalitpur on Sunday, Foreign Minister Saud sought
the support of international organisations and diplomatic missions to find out
the situation of missing student Joshi who has been missing since the Palestine
rebel group HAMAS bombed Alumim Kibbutz in Israel which is in the area
bordering with the Gaza Strip.
Ten Nepali students who had reached Israel under the 'learn
and earn' prgramme (a government to government initiative of Nepal and Israel)
were killed in the attack while Joshi is missing since then.
Four students were badly injured, and of them, two are still
ongoing treatment in hospital in Israel.
During the conversation with the international media,
Foreign Minister Saud said that according to eyewitness Nepali students, Bipin
might be in the possession of HAMAS.
"It seems that the attackers attacked repeatedly in a
short period of time when the Nepali students including Bipin were hiding in a
bunker. It seems that they fired first and then threw grenades," he said,
"According to eyewitness students, when they threw two grenades, one of them
did not explode, and Bipin threw out one grenade."
He also stated that some eyewitnesses have said that Bipin
was kidnapped along with some Thai students. "Since then, he has been in
an unknown state, his condition has not been discovered yet," said Foreign
Minister Saud.
The Government of Nepal has requested the Israeli government
to find out his condition. The Israeli government has also expressed its
commitment to find out about his status.
"I would like to request through you (international
media) international organisations and various diplomatic missions to find out
his status," he said.
Earlier, in a press conference last week, the Ministry of
Foreign Affairs had said that the government was using all possible channels,
including local police and hospitals in Israel, to know the whereabouts of
Bipin.
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