Kathmandu: Eleven Maoist rebels and two soldiers were killed in anti-insurgency operations in Nepal, according to Nepalese defence officials.

Two Army personnel were killed on December 20 in an accidental explosion when they were defusing a pressure-cooker bomb planted by the Maoists at a public place in Jumble district, they said.

Earlier, the Nepalese security forces gunned down 11 rebels in four districts during separate encounters during the past two days, the officials added.

The Maoists were killed during the anti-terror campaign launched in Magi, Bardies, Kanchanpur and Dadeldhura districts, officials said.

Meanwhile, a schoolteacher at Shyampatichaur Village of Kavre district was brutally killed by the guerrillas.

The rebels attacked him with a sharp-edged weapon while he was asleep at his home, 'The Kathmandu Post' said.

PTI