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Fresh violence in embattled Nepal, 15 killed KATHMANDU, Monday (Reuters) - At least 15 people, including a senior police officer, were killed in violence in Nepal, authorities said a day after Maoists ended a crippling road blockade against King Gyanendra's power grab. In the latest strikes by Maoists, a deputy police superintendent and his bodyguard were shot dead at the officer's home at Butwal, 300 km (190 miles) west of Kathmandu. Five policemen and three soldiers were killed when rebels ambushed a security patrol in Bara district, 150 km southeast of Kathmandu on Sunday, an army statement said. And a police officer and a soldier were killed in another ambush in Solukhumbhu district, near Mount Everest. "Ten security personnel wounded in both incidents have been brought to Kathmandu for treatment," the statement said. Elsewhere, soldiers gunned down three guerrillas overnight in separate clashes. |
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