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Nepal rebels attack highway convoy, one killed KATHMANDU, Monday (Reuters) Maoist rebels attacked a convoy on a key highway west of Nepal's capital and killed a truck driver, an army officer said on Monday. The driver was killed on Sunday when the rebels hurled crude bombs and fired at the convoy at Charaundi, 80 km (50 miles) west of Kathmandu, to enforce a blockade roads linking the hill-ringed city with the rest of the country. "They fired at the convoy from the jungle along the highway," the army officer said. At least seven other people were injured in the first deadly attack on a convoy since the Maoists called the blockade nine days ago. Army spokesman Brigadier General Dipak Gurung told Reuters more troops had been rushed to the site of Sunday's attack and highway patrols had been boosted. |
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