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Monday, April 24, 2017
Rebels kill 24 police officers in central India
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleSuspected Maoist rebels killed 24 paramilitary commandos and wounded six in a remote part of central India, police say, in one of the deadliest attacks of the long-running conflict.
The soldiers were guarding road workers in the Sukma district of Chhattisgargh state, a hotbed of insurgent violence, when they came under heavy fire.
“We have recovered 23 bodies from the spot and one jawan (soldier) died in Raipur during treatment,” Anand Chhabra, a senior police officer, tells AFP, referring to the state capital.
He says six other commandos were critically injured and had been evacuated for treatment.
— AFP
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