Army Says Maoist Toll After Clash Rises to 97
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From Times Wire Reports
Nepalese soldiers recovered 47 more bodies of Maoists killed in a raid on an army base two days ago, taking the toll of rebels to 97 in the country’s deadliest clash in five months, an army official said.
The army said Friday that it had killed at least 50 Maoists in the clash after the rebels, armed with rocket launchers and mortars, attacked their base in Khara, 250 miles west of Katmandu.
The official said three soldiers were also killed in the clash. The rebels have not commented on the death toll and no independent verification was possible.
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