Nine Police Killed in Rebel Attack
From Times Wire Reports
Maoist rebels attacked a police station in southern Nepal, killing at least nine policemen, officials said.
About 400 rebels were involved in the attack late Sunday and early today in the village of Yadukuna, about 190 miles southeast of the capital, Katmandu, police official Tokendra Hamal said.
Twenty-six police officers were missing and feared abducted by the rebels, he said.
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