Kathmandu, Dec 26: Eleven people were injured today
when a bomb planted by suspected Maoist rebels exploded at an
office building in the heart of Nepal's capital Kathmandu,
police said.
Three of the wounded were in serious condition and the
office suffered major damage, witnesses said.
The bomb went off at around 3:00 pm (0245 IST) in the
office of Nepal housing and merchant finance limited, on the
third floor of a major downtown commercial building known
popularly as the "round house."
Maoist rebels have in the past carried out dozens of
small-scale bombings inside Kathmandu.
The ultra-leftists have been fighting since 1996 to
topple the constitutional monarchy and establish a Communist
state in an insurgency that has left more than 7,300 people
dead, according to security forces' figures.
Bureau Report
