Saturday, 25 June , 2005, 12:01
Kathmandu: A seven-year-old Indian girl was killed and her parents injured in a blast triggered by Maoists in Nepal, the army said on Saturday.
The girl identified as Neha Gadaria from Kanpur died in a hospital while undergoing treatment for injuries sustained when a bomb hurled by Maoists targeting a security vehicle exploded at the busy Tribhuvan Chowk in Nepalgunj of western Nepal yesterday, it said.
The parents of the girl, who worked at a local hotel, also sustained injuries in the blast, the Army said.
Local rights workers and non-governmental organisations have condemned the incident, which occurred despite the Maoists’ recent public commitment to halt attacks on civilians and unarmed people.
In a separate incident, nine security personnel were killed during a clash with armed Maoists at the Rambhapur area of Bhojpur district in eastern Nepal last night, the army said.
The incident occurred when the Maoists ambushed a security patrol near the security base at Rambhapur.
In another incident, five securitymen were injured in a clash with Maoists near Bardia National Park in Bardia district last night. Some Maoists might also have been killed in the attack, the army said."
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