14 Maoist Rebels Slain in Clashes with Troops
From Times Wire Reports
Security forces killed 14 Maoist insurgents in separate gun battles across Nepal, the Defense Ministry said.
Troops on Friday gunned down at least four rebels in the Bakachol area of Khotang district in eastern Nepal, the ministry said in a statement. Khotang is about 200 miles east of Katmandu, Nepal’s capital.
Ten other rebels were killed in half a dozen clashes spread across several districts, the statement said.
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