Explosion kills student, injures two others in Nepal

  • 12/15/2022
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Katmandu, April 4, SPA -- An explosion blamed on communistrebels killed a high school student and injured two othersin Nepal, while soldiers gunned down at least threesuspected guerrillas in stepped-up operations against theinsurgents, officials said Monday. Hundreds of supply trucks, meanwhile, defied arebel-called general strike and moved in and out of thecapital Katmandu under military escort. Monday was thethird of an 11-day nationwide strike to protest the Nepaliking's seizure of power and imposition of emergency ruleearlier this year. Police said they suspect Sunday night's bomb was left byrebels at a market in Pokhara, a resort town 200 kilometers(125 miles) west of the capital, Katmandu. The explosionkilled a student and two others were hospitalized withinjuries, a police official said on condition of anonymity. The Royal Nepalese Army headquarters in Katmandu saidsoldiers killed at least three rebels in Dang, about 400kilometers (250 miles) southwest of Katmandu.--SPA1351 Local Time 1051 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/252006

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