08-21-2004, 08:04 AM
WTF is going on in Nepal ?
Bomb explodes in Nepal as rebel siege enters Day 3
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No one was injured in the early morning blast in the Kaushaltar area on Kathmandu's outskirts, a police officer said. He blamed the Maoists for the blast. It was the second bomb attack in the area around Kathmandu this week and is seen as a rebel strategy to scare residents and ensure that they do not violate the unprecedented blockade.
Four bomb blasts, also blamed on the guerrillas, rocked Nepal's oldest luxury hotel, Soaltee Crowne Plaza, on Monday but again caused no injuries. Those blasts forced the hotel and nine other companies to shut down following rebel threats.
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Bomb explodes in Nepal as rebel siege enters Day 3
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Maoist guerrillas set off a bomb at an empty police post near Kathmandu on Friday, police said, and the Nepali Capital remained cut off by land for the third day due to a rebel blockade call.
No one was injured in the early morning blast in the Kaushaltar area on Kathmandu's outskirts, a police officer said. He blamed the Maoists for the blast. It was the second bomb attack in the area around Kathmandu this week and is seen as a rebel strategy to scare residents and ensure that they do not violate the unprecedented blockade.
Four bomb blasts, also blamed on the guerrillas, rocked Nepal's oldest luxury hotel, Soaltee Crowne Plaza, on Monday but again caused no injuries. Those blasts forced the hotel and nine other companies to shut down following rebel threats.
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