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Another clash between Nepalese police and Maoist rebels
Maoist guerrillas have launched another attack in Nepal, killing 37 people after a state of emergency was extended by Parliament.
Hundreds of rebels attacked a police post in the remote Sallyan district in west Nepal, killing 32 policemen and wounding 15.
Rebels also threw a petrol bomb at a truck, killing five people and injuring four.
The attacks came as the rebels called for a two-day general strike across the nation to mark the six-year anniversary of their uprising.
In the past, vehicles defying a strike order by the rebels have been attacked.
The raids followed an overwhelming vote by parliament to extend by three months emergency rule giving security forces sweeping powers to fight the rebels seeking to oust the constitutional monarchy and set up a communist republic.
23/02/2002 00:02:36 | ABC Radio Australia News
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