A senior army official, Colonel Kiran Basnet has been shot by a group of Maoists at Baneshwor, downtown Kathmandu at around 7:30 a.m. Thursday morning, eyewitnesses said at 9.00 a.m.
There were at least 3 masked Maoists involved in the attack, reports said. Colonel Basnet was shot in the head and chest, and it said to have succumbed to his injuries, according to eyewitnesses and sources.
Basnet is posted in Itahari, but was in Kathmandu for official work, sources said. He is the younger brother of singer Kumar Basnet.