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Post by FOWnut on Jun 4, 2011 11:00:34 GMT 9.5
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Post by draconis on Jun 10, 2011 23:44:23 GMT 9.5
Gurkhas, the Nepalese elite soldiers in the service of Britain and some of its former colonies, sometimes fight with their traditional kukri knives. One retired Gurkha was carrying his knife when a train in India that he was riding was robbed by forty men. The robbers unwisely chose to not immediately surrender. The ex-soldier then killed three, wounded eight, and drove off the rest: The band of about 40 robbers, some of whom were traveling as passengers, stopped the train in the Chittaranjan jungles in West Bengal around midnight. Shrestha– who had boarded the train at Ranchi in Jharkhand, the place of his posting–was in seat no. 47 in coach AC3. “They started snatching jewelry, cell phones, cash, laptops and other belongings from the passengers,” Shrestha recalled. The soldier had somehow remained a silent spectator amidst the melee, but not for long. He had had enough when the robbers stripped an 18-year-old girl sitting next to him and tried to rape her right in front of her parents. He then took out his khukuri and took on the robbers. “The girl cried for help, saying ´You are a soldier, please save a sister´,” Shrestha recalled. “I prevented her from being raped, thinking of her as my own sister,” he added. He took one of the robbers under control and then started to attack the others. He killed three of them with his khukuri and injured eight others. He held the rest at bay until the train reached its destination where the "surviving" robbers were arrested by the authorities. Shrestha received a 3000 rupee reward from the girls parents, had his retirement canceled, was promoted and awarded India's highest award for bravery... Just goes to prove, Ghurkas are dead set legends  |
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