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Two killed in Nepal 'bomb' blasts | |
(about 2 hours later) | |
At least two people have been killed and 13 injured in four suspected bomb explosions in Nepal's capital, Kathmandu, police say. | |
Two blasts were in crowded areas in the city centre, reports say. Some of the injured are said to be critical. | |
No group has so far claimed responsibility for the blasts. | No group has so far claimed responsibility for the blasts. |
Kathmandu has not seen any bomb explosions since Maoist rebels signed a landmark peace deal with the government in November and ended their insurgency. | Kathmandu has not seen any bomb explosions since Maoist rebels signed a landmark peace deal with the government in November and ended their insurgency. |
Under the deal, the Maoists and the army agreed to place their weapons under supervision by the United Nations. | |
The blasts were all within minutes of each other, one hitting a minibus in the city and another a university campus outside it, police said. | |
It is not clear which blasts caused the fatalities. | |
The rebels denied carrying out the attacks. | |
"We think that it could be a conspiracy of those who want to stop the elections," rebel commander Ananta said, quoted by AFP news agency. | |
Nepal goes to the poll in November to choose a body to rewrite the country's constitution. |
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