Bishnu Shrestha pulled out the large, curved kukri knife that all Gurkha soldiers carry and attacked the bandits. Shrestha told the Times of India, "I am a soldier and get paid to protect citizens of this country. I could not sit back and watch as passengers were looted. I pulled out my khukri and attacked the criminals. I succeeded in connecting with at least three of them. The blows were severe and they must have got themselves admitted to some hospital. By then, the criminals started fighting back. They fired a shot that missed me. At one point of time, the khukri
Mack the Knife a Johann Strauss waltz, as a music box, in a bossa nova rhythm, and in what Liberace considered a popular American style. The chorus to the song "" ("Shark") by Rammstein is inspired by "Mack the Knife". The song has been parodied numerous times. Steve Martin parodied "Mack the Knife" in his opening monologue to the premiere of "Saturday Night Live"s third season in 1977. In the mid-1980s, McDonald's introduced Mac Tonight, a character whose signature song was based on "Mack the Knife". There was a skit on "The Muppet Show", where the characters play upon the sinister nature of