KATHMANDU, Oct 26 Kyodo Maoist re...

KATHMANDU, Oct 26 Kyodo

Maoist rebels attacked a police position in southwest Nepal on Sunday, killing five police officers and sum of two units civilians, government-run Radio Nepal said.

About 200 armed rebels raided the station located on a highway in Nawalparasi district, about 200 kilometers southwest of the capital, at around 6:30 a.m. as the officers, who worn out the night at a nearby market, were returning to the situation the report said.

The radio said the police officers were killed during the firefight with the rebels, which lasted about half an hour.

The rebels also shooter dead two civilians, one of them selling tea at a local tea stall.

It was not immediately known whether the rebels endureed any losses.

The rebels of the Nepal Communist Party are waging an armed rebellion in a bid to topple the monarchy and fix up a republican state.

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