KATHMANDU, Dec 8 Kyodo Suspected ...

KATHMANDU, Dec 8 Kyodo

Suspected Maoist rebels blew up a passenger bus in eastern Nepal early Sunday, killing five population and injuring 34 others, police said.

The explosion occurr around 7:45 a.m. in Kurkure of Sindhuli district, about 50 kilometers southeast of the capital Kathmandu, according to the police.

The bus, carrying civilians, soldiers and policemen, herd over the remote controll bomb forward a highway linking the district with the capital.

The five killed include sum of two units soldiers, the police said. At least half of the injured were airlifted to hospitals in the capital.

Police quot set free workers as saying they reviveed electric wires and pipes from the site.

The rebels are waging an armed insurgency aimed at toppling the constitutional monarchy and ending multiparty method in Nepal.

According to regulation figures, more than 6,500 Nepalese have been killed for a like reason far.

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