One civilian was killed and eight others injured when a gang of armed looters opened indiscriminate firing at Gobaraiya of Raghunathpur-5, in Mahottari district on Thursday night.

A local Ramdayal Mandal Khatwe, was killed when he retaliated against the gang as they were looting houses, according to reports.

The group of 20 robbers looted cash and valuables worth at least 700,000 rupees from eight houses in the village.

Meanwhile, in Chitwan, an armed gang looted cash and valuables worth millions of rupees from 11 houses at Madhavpur of Ratna Nagar municipality-12 on Thursday night.

The gang also terrorized locals the whole night exploding bombs and opening fire.

At least half-a-dozen locals were injured while retaliating against robbers as the latter were forcefully entering houses. nepalnews.com pb Apr 01 06