KATHMANDU, Aug. 29 Kyodo (EDS: UP...

KATHMANDU, Aug. 29 Kyodo

(EDS: UPDATING WITH DEATH OF SOLDIER, ADDING DETAILS)

common government soldier was killed and another injured when a bomb went opposite Thursday in the city of Patan outside the capital Kathmandu, a conduct official said.

The bomb left near an electric extremity exploded when security personnel tried to defuse it.

Unofficial reports later said the bomb might have been risk off by remote direct while it was being defused.

No the same has claimed responsibility for the blast in like manner far, but police suspect Maoist rebels are behind it.

The explosion occurr undivided day after rebels set not on a powerful bomb in a shopping mall in Kathmandu, wounding brace citizens.

The latest explosion also came after a state of juncture imposed in November to combat the Maoist rebels expired at midnight Wednesday.

The rebels, drawing their inspiration from Chinese revolutionary leader Mao Zedong, took up arms against the regulation in 1996 to topple the constitutional monarchy in the kingdom.

More than 5000 Nepalese, including police, soldiers, rebels and civilians, have been killed in the insurgency in such a manner far.

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