Nepali soldier defends potential rape victim from 40 men

Agreed! (That's the traditional battle cry of "Victory to Goddess Mahakali, the Gurkhas are coming!" for those who wanted a translation.)

That's...a pretty awesome story.

So who's going to put this guy in the Memetic Bad Ass page?

edited 30th Jan '11 3:06:22 PM by CommandoDude

Memetic?

Memetic there is no memetic he simply is bad ass and as noted has balls of steel. I bet after he hacked up several of their buddies they shit themselves and forgot they had guns.

Barkey: I am with you on the tighter stance. The Full length M-16a2/4 is too long for me to grip comfortably.

edited 30th Jan '11 6:06:48 PM by TuefelHundenIV

Yeah that guy's not a memetic badass; memetic implies that some exaggeration took place. This man requires no exaggeration.

And yeah, the Gurkhas are definitely badass.

What the hell I did it.

trying to stop a Gurkha from being badass is about is effective as trying to stop the sun from rising. they are pure awesome.

edited 31st Jan '11 3:01:01 AM by joeyjojo

I'm with Beholderess on this one. People like this give me hope for humanity. -salutes-

I'm disappointed about the lack of details. I'd really like to know more about how a man with a cool knife can beat a horde of men with guns.

Must've been a bunch of panicky wimps if they didn't even think to threaten hostages or anything like that.

^Or maybe they wanted to get in and out; there's no point threatening somebody if you already have their money.

No, I mean. When a criminal is faced with a superior opponent, the thing they'll often do in movies is threaten to kill an innocent bystander to make the attacker drop their weapon.

There's a distinct difference between a movie and reality.

Robbing someone and then holding them hostage is counter-intuitive. You want to pull an armed roberry without getting screwed, you need to get in and get out ASAP.

and a cash bonus of 50,000 Rupees, which is enough to buy like 200 Blue Rings in The Legend of Zelda.

edited 31st Jan '11 9:30:31 AM by Pykrete

They said the attack took 20 minutes before the robbers started to flee, 20 minutes is a long time in a robbery situation like that. They probably figured "Fuck, a bunch of our guys are dead, this is taking way longer than expected, so we need to get the fuck out of here."

Here is what I think happened.

They decide hey lets have a little fun before we go. Oh look shes asking mr soldier boy to help. OH FUCKING SHIT <11 hacked up people later 3 of which are dead> Other guys despite having fire arms have decided they like their bodies currently intact and get the fuck out of dodge.

Let's bear in mind here that when the article says 'eight injured', it means 'eight in no fit state to escape'. Think about that.

I do not want to imagine the wounds a Kuhkri could leave.

Great for lopping off limbs with that heavy curved blade.

Heads too.

Which makes me want to know... were there more limbs left behind than people missing limbs to attach them to?

I have a feeling there were a bunch of legs left behind; you can still run without an arm.

I'm thinking a Mortal Kombat thing, like several ribcages per person.

Admittedly speaking as someone who has never even held a gun, but I have the feeling that a handgun in a crowded, cramped and chaotic environment like a train carriage isn't going to be terribly practical.