KATHMANDU, Sept. 17 (Xinhuanet) -- At least 35 anti-government guerrillas and five government security personnel were killed Wednesday afternoon in a fierce fighting in western Nepal, the Radio Nepal reported.

　　"Five security personnel including four army soldiers and one policeman were killed in Kuinakot area of Rolpa district," the state-run radio quoted a local security official as saying.

　　Another five security personnel injured in the fighting were airlifted to Nepalgunj city for treatment, the official said on condition of anonymity.

　　The fighting erupted when the guerrillas attacked the security forces patrolling the area, he said, adding that there were around200 guerrillas during the attack and the fighting is still going on.

　　"The security forces has recovered 35 bodies of the guerrillas and it is believed that a senior leader of the guerrillas was alsokilled in the fighting," he added.

　　The anti-government guerrillas on Aug. 27 unilaterally declaredthe break down of cease-fire, which was announced by the two sideson Jan. 29 this year. The insurgency has claimed nearly 8,000 lives since it began in the Himalayan kingdom in 1996. Enditem