The Clash on Mount Mompane

Police attacked a gang hiding out in the hills. Six died, 13 more were captured. It all began with instant noodles.

October 28, 2003

QUIET hung over the slopes of Mompane at dusk on Thursday two weeks ago. Cloud gathered thicker over the mountain, and the calls of mynah birds, noisy during the day, could no longer be heard. Shrouded in silence, 20 police moved in quietly, like a scene in slow motion, alert and watchful. After several minutes, the men suddenly halted. Not far from their position, Inspector Two Clips, the man in command, was observing a thatched-roof hut with ba

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