Nepali anti-government guerrillas on Monday abducted at least 12 teachers from a higher secondary school in central Nepal, a local police office said.

The guerrillas abducted the teachers of Tamakoshi Janajagrit Higher Secondary School at Khimti Besi of Ramechhap district, some100 km east of Kathmandu, the local police office said in a statement.

The school has been shut down following the incident, the police added.

The guerrillas often force the civilians, teachers and studentsto take part in their "ideological" programs and usually free themafter a few days unharmed.

The guerrillas had declared the unilateral ceasefire with immediate effect on Sept. 3.

Over 12,000 Nepalese people have been killed since the anti-government insurgency took place in the Himalayan kingdom in February 1996.

Source: Xinhua