The Maoists shot and killed two policemen and injured two others in Sandhikharka of Arghakhachi district Thursday afternoon.
Three Maoist gunmen opened fire at police constables Bikash Gurung and Bir Bahadur Rana at a busy marketplace at around 2.15 pm in Sandhikharka, according to reports. Both the victims died on the spot.
The two injured are undergoing treatment at the district hospital, Sandhikharka.
Similarly, the militants shot one person at Dhulabari, Morang district this afternoon. Man Kumar Shrestha, 19, who received two bullets is undergoing treatment at BP Koirala Medical Institute of Health Sciences, Dharan, reports said. The reason behind the attack is not known.