Maoists bomb state-run TV regional station in Nepal
IRNA - Islamic Republic News Agency
New Delhi, Feb 26, IRNA -- Heavily-armed Maoists torched and bombed a regional station of the state-run Nepal television, causing damage worth over four crore rupees and disrupting the broadcast indefinitely even as the campaign by the Nepalese security forces led to the execution of ten rebels while losing four of their own men in a clash in the west of the kingdom. It was the NTV station at Kohalpur in Banke district of mid-western Nepal that was torched and bombed by hundreds of Maoists yesterday, reported the Press Trust of India. Following the arson, regional broadcast of the NTV has been disrupted indefinitely. The rebels also looted seven cameras and several other equipment from the station. However, no one was injured in the incident. In the second incident, the fighting broke out after the rebels opened fire at security personnel, who were clearing barricades placed by the Maoists on the highway. Four children were also injured when a bomb exploded at the Kopeche jungle area in Siraha district Friday, The Kathmandu Post, a Nepalese newspaper, reported. 2160/2325/1432
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