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Sixteen Nepal Maoist rebels, including brigade commander, surrender KATHMANDU, Tuesday (AFP) Sixteen Maoist rebels, including a brigade commander, have surrendered as the latest group to give themselves up under a government amnesty scheme, an army official said. The Maoists, who turned themselves in under the programme launched last November, also included a company commander along with well-trained guerrillas, the official said, requesting anonymity. Various Maoist rebels have surrendered under the amnesty scheme but "this is the first time a Maoist Liberation Army official of brigade rank has surrendered, denouncing his party leaders and its policies," the official said. Meanwhile At least 13 people were killed in a series of bloody clashes marking the latest violence of a long-running Maoist insurgency in Nepal, an army official said. Six pro-Maoist student activists and six rebels were killed in gun battles with security forces who seized explosives, arms and ammunition after the clashes in east, south east and western Nepal. A soldier was killed and another injured when rebels attacked a security unit trying to set up a mobile health and administrative camp in Baglung district western Nepal. |
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