At least 65 Maoist rebels were killed in clashes with security personnel in two western districts Thursday, Nepal`s minister of state for home Devendra Raj Kandel said on Friday. About 25 were killed in an encounter in Boktang in Doti district, 398 kilometres (246 miles) west of Kathmandu, Kandel said.
Another 40 were killed in the Lisne area of Rolpa district, 298 kilometres (184 miles) west of Kathmandu.
"We are waiting for a detailed account on these clashes when the exact number of deaths can be substantiated," he said.
Local reports said as many as 60 rebels may have been killed at Lisne alone, where the insurgents had a training camp.
Bureau Report