More than 100 students and teachers have been adducted in Nepal, reported China Radio International Monday morning. 

Reports said suspected rebels kidnapped 49 students from Panchakanya Secondary School and Navadurga Secondary School in Bhojpur District of eastern Nepal. In another incident, 45 students and 7 teachers were abducted from a secondary school in the far-western district of Baitadi.

Following the incident, security forces have launched a massive operation to rescue the hostages.

(Xinhua News Agency September 20, 2004)