Nepal braces for violence after more blasts

TWO fresh bomb blasts hit the tourist town of Pokhara in Nepal yesterday, following a series of overnight explosions in the Himalayan kingdom, which came just hours after Maoist rebels ended a four-month truce.

The explosions soon after the Maoists ended their unilateral truce at midnight Monday have raised fears of a resurgence of violence.

There were no immediate reports of casualties in yesterday’s blasts in Pokhara, 200km west of Kathmandu. One occurred near a local government office and the other on a road.