Police, Maoists clash in Jumla

June 1, 2001
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Kathmandu, June 1: Several Maoists were injured in an exchange of gunfire with police at Haku village in Jumla district Thursday, police said.

The rebels fled with the injured after a brief encounter. Maoists have claimed responsibility for an arson attack on a printing press in Balaju in the outskirts of the capital this week for
printing pornographic material.

For the first time suspected Maoists shot dead two persons this week in the outskirts of the capital in an insurgency that has claimed at least 1,700 in more than five years.

Nearly 27 Maoist detainees at the central jail in the capital Wednesday chanted anti-government slogans demanding improved prison conditions while pressing a 15 point demand, jail authorities said. nepalnews.com br