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Eight policemen, driver killed in Maoist attack in central India

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BHUBANESWAR, India, Jan 6 (Reuters) – At least eight policemen and a driver were killed in a bomb blast set off by Maoist rebels in the central Indian state of Chhattisgarh, police said on Monday.

The police vehicle in which the victims were travelling was hit by a blast in the Bijapur district of the state on Monday, a police statement said.

This is the latest in a series of sporadic attacks on security forces in the state. It follows frequent gunbattles between the forces and the rebels in which several rebels have been killed in recent months.

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Source: https://www.reuters.com/world/india/ten-policemen-feared-killed-bomb-blast-central-india-tv-report-says-2025-01-06/


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