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Rebels burn down country home of Nepalese prime minister

Maoist rebels in Nepal have burned down the country home of Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba in the west of the kingdom.

Officials say, on Tuesday, a group of rebels surrounded the residence at Assigram, 490 west the capital Kathmandu, and torched it.

The prime minister was in the capital at the time.

The attack came on the first day of a nationwide strike called by the Maoists, who have been fighting since 1996 to topple the constitutional monarchy.

25/04/2002 04:43:50 | ABC Radio Australia News

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