Maoist killed in retaliation, civilian abducted: MoD

January 12, 2006
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One Maoist was killed in a security operation in Liku area of Dolpa district on Tuesday.

A press release issued by the Ministry of Defense (MoD) said a Maoist who hurled socket bombs at the forces patrolling the area was killed in an counterattack of the security forces.

Security forces recovered three socket bombs and Maoists documents from his body.

Likewise, Maoists abducted teachers and students of Shiva Jyoti Secondary School at Beluwa area of Bardiya district and took them to unidentified location in three tractors, the statement said.

The Maoists forced two schoolchildren to plant a pressure cooker bomb that exploded at the premises of the Election Commission’s district office in district headquarters of Bardiya on Tuesday, the statement added.

The explosion also damaged a private house in the vicinity.

The security forces, during their search operation, discovered explosives at Pokhara’s Nagdhunga area and safely disposed them, the release states.