(19:00 pm)

At least three security personnel were killed and two others were injured when suspected Maoists opened fire at a police checkpost near a domestic airport at Nepalgunj Thursday evening.

According to preliminary reports, a group of armed personnel attacked policemen from Armed Police Force (APF) manning a police check post leading to the Nepalgunj airport at around 5:30 p.m. today.

The authorities are yet to confirm the number of casualties.

Nobody has been arrested so far in connection with the attacks.

Security has been tightened in the mid-western town and search for the assailants is going on, according to security sources.

Details are still awaited.