A 12-year-old boy and at least five other people have been wounded after six bombs exploded in Nepal's capital, Kathmandu, today.
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A Nepalese soldier stands outside a government office after it was bombed by suspected Maoists in Kathmandu.
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No one has claimed responsibility, but police suspect Maoist rebels set off the explosions at government installations.
The attacks came a day after at least nine guerrillas and four security personnel were killed in separate gun battles across the troubled Himalayan kingdom.
Nepal is battling a Maoist revolt to replace the constitutional monarchy with a communist republic.
The rebels have been fighting since 1996 to overthrow the constitutional monarchy and establish one-party communist rule.
They called off a truce late last month and walked out of peace talks after the government rejected their demand for a new constitution to define the role of the king.