Latest reports say two security personnel were killed and three others injured when Maoist rebels attacked a number of government offices in the southern town of Bharatpur Wednesday morning.

According to security sources, nearly three dozen Maoist insurgents opened fire at a number of government offices at simultaneously at around 10:45 a. m. Officials suspected that the rebels might have targeted the local branch of Agriculture Development Bank. They said the rebels, however, fled immediately after the security personnel retaliated.

It could not be known whether there had been any casualty on the part of the rebels.

Details are still awaited.