More than 500 bombs and improvised explosive devices were defused at the first Divisional Headquarters of the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist)'s "People's Liberation Army" at Chulachuli in eastern Nepal, The Rising Nepal daily reported on Sunday.
Deputy Commander of the cantonment Pawal said that the bombs were defused Friday afternoon with the help of the joint team of United Nations Mission in Nepal and bomb disposal specialists.
According to the daily, the bombs were used by the Maoists during the 11-year-old conflict ended in 2006.
Pawal was quoted by the daily as saying that there were more bombs in the cantonments, some 240 km east of Kathmandu, and they would also be defused within a few days.
Source: Xinhua
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