Kathmandu, Dec 05: A day after Maoists renewed their call for peace talks to end the seven-year insurgency in Nepal, rebels attacked two police stations and killed three policemen, police officials said. Nearly 40 armed rebels believed to belong to the Nepal Communist Party (Maoist) raided a police outpost at Lahan in the Siraha district about 100 kilometres southeast of Kathmandu yesterday, officials said, adding three police officers were killed. Another group of armed rebels attacked a police post in the Kapilvastu district in southeast Nepal last night but no casualties have been reported so far, they said, adding the policemen were away patrolling nearby villages.
Maoist leader Prachanda yesterday renewed a call for peace talks to end the insurgency and said the rebels had appointed a team to negotiate a peace deal with the government. They said they would put an end to attacks on political groups and infrastructure. State officials, however, did not immediately respond to the offer of talks. Bureau Report