KATHMANDU - More than 15 Maoists and two security men were killed in separate clashes in Bardiya in west Nepal and Urlabari in east Nepal on Sunday, the official news agency RSS and private media reported on Monday. According to the RSS report, over 15 Maoist and a security personnel were killed in the fighting between the security force and the Maoists at Sainbar area of Bardia district, about 450 kilometres west of the capital, Sunday.
RSS said the clash took place after the Maoists launched an attack on the team of security forces as they tried to remove obstructions placed on the Kohalpur-Chisapani section of the Mahendra Highway that links east and west Nepal. Nepalese media reports said the Maoists blocked the section of the highway for the past two weeks bringing the vehicular traffic to a standstill. RSS quoted security sources in the district as saying one-army personnel died while another sustained injuries in the clash that lasted over three hours.
The English language daily Himalayan Times reported Monday that a security official was killed by the Maoists in Urlabari in east Nepal on Sunday. The newspaper said the policeman was on duty at the traffic post when he was shot dead by two Maoists on a motorcycle. |