Police post bombed near Kathmandu

A head constable was in serious condition after being shot by gunmen at Gokarna on the eastern edge of Kathmandu, a police official said.

A police post in Lalitpur district just south of the capital was bombed in a pre-dawn attack.

"A group of suspected armed Maoists stormed the police post at around 4.00 am Tuesday and destroyed the building by bombing it," the official said.

In another incident, a group of suspected rebels entered a university campus examination hall at Lahan in southwestern Siraha district and attacked two police guards protecting the students, the official said.