By Nepal News Correspondent

Kathmandu, Feb 19:

Maoist guerillas attacked a police post in Gharati Gaun of Rolpa district, about 450 kilometer west of Kathmandu and killed at least 15 policemen Saturday morning.

According to police, a group of guerillas of underground Nepal Communist Party (Maoist) attacked the police post with bombs at about 0130 hrs Saturday morning in which 15 policemen were killed on the spot.

Those who were killed in the incident are police inspector Shree Ram Acharya, assistant sub-inspector of police Hari Shankar Parajuli, chief constable Kul Raj Tharu, chief constable Hasta Bahadur Bohora, constables Padma Lal Shakya, Krishna Bahadur Kafley, Indra Bahadur Bista, Bir Bahadur Kumal, Chandra Bahadur Thapa, Tek Bahadur Gharti, Pushkar Ghimire, Kashi Ram Khanal, Laxmi Prasad Thapa, Dhan Bahadur Ale and Nanda Raj Bhandari.

Other 20 policemen were also injured in the incident, some of them very seriously, police said.

Seventeen of 20 injured have been brought to Kathmandu for treatment and the rest three were taken to Nepalgunj today.

However, the casualty in Maoist side was not known.

The Maoist Communist Party has launched an armed insurgency to overthrow the present multi-party system and establish one-party communist regime.

In the incidents of violence related to Maoist insurgency, more than 3000 people have been killed.