KATHMANDU, Jan 15: Nepalese troops were on high alert on Sunday after attacks around Kathmandu by Maoist rebels killed 12 policemen, an army officer said. On Saturday, heavily-armed guerrillas stormed a police post at Thankot, 10 km from Kathmandu, tossed a bomb and sprayed bullets from automatic rifles, killing 11 policemen.

In the second attack near the temple town of Bhaktapur, also close to Kathmandu, one policeman was killed and at least eight wounded. Other blasts around the city caused no injuries.—Reuters