KATMANDU, Nepal, July 12 (UPI) -- Two children died and three were injured Tuesday in western Nepal when a stray bomb they found in the jungle exploded, police said.
A district police officer said two 13-year-olds were killed and three other children were hospitalized with serious injuries in the accident that occurred in the jungle area of Amkhaiya in the district of Kailali, some 700 kilometers (435 miles) west of the capital of Katmandu.
The youngsters were grazing their livestock in the jungle when the explosion occurred, the Katmandu-based Kantipur Online reported.
Maoist insurgents frequently leave bombs in fields, along roads and even in schoolyards to intimidate local populations into complying with their demands.
More than 12,000 Nepalese have been killed since the anti-government insurgency began in the Himalayan kingdom in February 1996."
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Tuesday, July 12, 2005
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