Four dead, seven injured in Nepal blasts

Four men died and seven were injured Sunday in three separate explosions in Kathmandu, Nepali police said. There was no immediate claim of responsibility but police said they suspect involvement of a Maoist splinter group whose pamphlets were found in a house where one of the explosions took place.
A powerful blast inside a shop killed three people and injured four, while the explosion at a home about four kilometres away left one dead and another injured. Two more were injured when an explosive they were carrying on a motorcycle in the outskirts of Kathmandu exploded. Security personnel also defused explosives in other areas. "We are investigating all incidents and have stepped up the security," police spokesman Bishwa Raj Pokharel told AFP.