Police have arrested an Australian national on suspicions of abusing young children, and rescued two young boys, aged 12 and 14, from his room in Pokhara.

According to a senior official at the Central Investigation Bureau of Nepal Police, the 53-year-old Australian, identified as Derryman Thomas Alfred, has been staying in Nepal on an employment visa, working as a paragliding instructor.

“We are pressing paeodophile charges against him," the official at the bureau told the Post. “We are currently trying to identify other victims.”

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