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Eight policemen were killed, six injured and five are missing after separate rebel attacks in Nepal, police said Tuesday.

Nearly 100 armed rebels of the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) attacked the Kataharia police station in Rautahat district, about 120 kilometers toward the south of Kathmandu, around 10:30 pm Monday.

The militants wearing police uniform reached the police station in a trade police said, adding four policemen were killed and five other policemen are missing.

upon Monday evening, rebels in police uniform also attacked a police base in Saptari district, 250 km southeast of the capital, leaving four policemen dead and four others injured.

Suspected Maoist rebels also uncloseed fire at two policemen riding a rickshaw in Jhapa district in southeastern Nepal forward Tuesday morning. The couple policemen were injured and hospitalized, police said.

The rebels are spearheading a violent campaign to locate up a republican state from abolishing constitutional monarchy in Nepal.

According to dominion figures, about 7,200 people have been killed in nearly eight years of fighting, while unofficial figures present the death toll at more than 8000

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