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Nepal rebels kill five policemen KATHMANDU, Jan 21,(AFP) Suspected Maoist rebels killed five police and seriously wounded three when they attacked two police checkposts in mid-western Nepal, a police official said Saturday. "The rebels gunned down three policemen at Jamuniya checkpost along the Nepal-India border, and two at B.P. Chowk in Nepalgunj," said an official at Kathmandu police headquarters who asked to remain anonymous. Following one of Friday's attacks, 510 kilometres (320 miles) west of the capital, the three critically wounded police officers were airlifted to the police hospital in Kathmandu, the official said. The Maoists have fought a decade-long "people's war" aimed at establishing a communist republic in the impoverished Himalayan kingdom between India and China. Some 12,000 people have been killed and at least 100,000 displaced. Since the Maoists ended a four month unilateral ceasefire in early January, at least 50 civilians, rebels and security personnel have been killed. A week ago Maoists attacked a number of targets on the outskirts of Kathmandu and killed at least 12 police officers.
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