| Military helicopters fired at hide-outs and training camps of Maoist rebels in midwestern Nepal, inflicting heavy casualties on the guerrillas. The military also foiled an attack by rebels on the water purification plant at Sundarijal, the only supply of drinking water to 1.5 million inhabitants of the capital. Eleven rebels were arrested by security forces in Khadbari village, about 320 kilometers west of Katmandu. |