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Nepal's Maoists kill at least 50, mostly police KATHMANDU, April 12 (Reuters) - Nepal's Maoist insurgents killed at least 50 people, mostly policemen, in fresh attacks on security posts in the west of the Himalayan nation, the country's junior home (interior) minister said on Friday. "They attacked police posts at Satbariya and Lamahi villages in Dang district in west Nepal and more than 50 people were killed," Devendra Raj Kandel told Reuters. Kandel said the dead included 35 policemen in Satbariya and 13 in Lamahi. "The others were passengers in a bus that was set ablaze by the Maoists," he added. The guerrillas launched attacks on Lamahi, Satbariya and Bhaluwang, some 450 km (280 miles) west of Kathmandu, late on Thursday night and gunbattles went on for over three hours. It was the biggest attack by the insurgents since late February when 34 policemen were killed. The Maoist rebels, who are fighting to overthrow the country's monarchy and replace it with a one-party communist regime, have stepped up their hit-and-run attacks on security posts in recent weeks. Nepal has imposed a state of emergency to quell the revolt and has given the army sweeping powers to crack down on the rebels. |
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