Nepal Rebels Kill Policemen in Jail Raid

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Nepal Rebels Kill Policemen in Jail Raid

Sun Apr 10, 8:42 AM ET World - Reuters



KATHMANDU (Reuters) - Maoist rebels stormed a jail in central Nepal, killed two policemen and set free 28 inmates, including 20 guerrillas, late on Saturday, police said.



The rebels, fighting to replace the Himalayan kingdom's monarchy with a communist republic, also bombed half a dozen government offices during the raid in Charikot, 90 miles northeast of the capital Kathmandu, a police officer told Reuters.


"They broke open the gate of the jail after killing the policemen and escaped with 28 inmates," he said on Sunday.


It was not clear if the rebels also suffered casualties during the midnight raid.


The incident comes two days after government troops killed 113 guerrillas and lost three soldiers while repulsing a rebel attack on an army base in western Nepal in the deadliest clash in the country for five months.


The toll of rebels killed in that clash rose from 97 after soldiers recovered 16 more bodies, an army official told Reuters.

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