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Seven die in Maoist-linked violence in Nepal

Maoist insurgents have killed six people in the latest violence in Nepal.

In one incident at least 35 armed Maoists surrounded a house in the far east, killing the chief district officer and two others in the house with him.

Maoists also killed the chairman of a government sports board in the southwest.

As well, a man mourning his father's death was shot dead by rebels, in an apparent objection to Nepalese Hindu custom.

The Moaists want to topple Nepal's constitutional monarchy and establish a people's republic.

More than 500 people have died since the government imposed a state of emergency in Nepal in November.

13/01/2002 11:06:35 PM | ABC Radio Australia News

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