Two children were killed when a bomb left by the Maoists went off in Chhitapokhari village development committee of Khotang district, Thursday.
Those deceased are yet to be identified.
The Kathmandu Post daily quoted locals as saying that the incident site is 25 kilometers from the district headquarter Diktel.
Despite the ceasefire announced by the government and the Maoists, many children have been killed in explosions of bombs left by the Maoists in different parts of the country.