An explosion ripped through a bus in Nepal's capital on Sunday, injuring at least 21 people, three critically, police and witnesses said. Police blamed the blast in Katmandu on communist insurgents. The blast comes just two days before a transport strike called by the rebels, who have been fighting since 1996 to abolish the monarchy and establish a communist state. The insurgency has killed more than 9,000 people. The driver of the bus, Lilanath Gajurel, told The Associated Press that the passengers were boarding when one of them noticed a suspicious package hidden under a seat. "Just when we're all running out of the bus, the device exploded and many of us were injured," Gajurel said from his hospital bed. Police said they were interviewing witnesses and searching for the rebels, who they suspect of planting the explosive device.
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