Twenty one Maoists and four policemen were killed in violence in Nepal. The rebels were killed during a five-hour long encounter with the security forces at Sankranthi Bazar in Terhathum district, 500 km east of Kathmandu. Three armed rebels and 41 suspects were arrested. Four policemen were killed on Monday in a bomb blast triggered by the rebels at Fulbari in western Nepal's Kailali district. The explosion took place when their vehicle drove over a device planted on the road killing them on the spot and leaving seven injured.
In another attack, the little known Khumbuwan Liberation Front, struck a hydroelectric power plant causing $526,000 worth of damage. |