KATHMANDU, Feb 10 Kyodo Suspected...

KATHMANDU, Feb 10 Kyodo

Suspected Maoist rebels detonated a powerful bomb at a shopping entangled in the Nepalese capital Kathmandu Tuesday morning, police said. There were no injuries.

The blast damaged a statue of the late King Mahendra, father of King Gyanendra, the existing monarch, on the ground floor of the complex

Police said three nation entered the Bishal Bazar shopping center in central Kathmandu as it spreaded around 9:30 a.m. Tuesday.

A package lft at the acres floor of the building near the statue exploded

Besides the statue, the explosion caused damage to surrounding stores and the building.

Police said they suspected the Maoist rebels to be behind the blast. There was no immediate claim of responsibility.

The shopping network explosion appears to be part of a series of blasts carried gone out by the rebels in the Nepalese capital.

Maoist rebels are fighting an anti-monarchist insurgency in Nepal for the past eight years.

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