A group calling themselves members of the Rashtriya Kirat Mukti Morcha hacked to death two opponents and injured two others at Pawai village in Sokhumbu district Monday night, an official who preferred anonymity said Tuesday.
The injured have been airlifted to the capital for treatment from the remote village. The dead and injured had been opposing the activities of the Morcha or front, the official said.
The dead have been identified as Bhuwane Rai and Dhansher Rrai. The Front members dragged the two persons out of their homes, tied them to a tree and hacked them to death with a khukri.
Such violence had not been reported previously involving the Front, the official said.