Two unidentified gunmen shot and killed a security guard from the US embassy in Nepal's capital Kathmandu today, an embassy spokesman said.
The killing of the guard, a Nepali, took place near the compound of the US Agency for International Development (USAID), which is about eight kilometres away from the US embassy in Kathmandu.
"We can confirm that embassy security guard Mr Ramesh Manandhar was killed at 12.30 p.m. (6.45 a.m. Irish time) by two assailants, who also robbed him," the spokesman siad.
Nepal has been racked by Maoist insurgency and last month King Gyanendra declared a state of emergency after the rebels attacked police and army posts across the country.