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India police kill 5 Maoists, including rocket maker | |
2006-09-16 | |
![]() Acting on a tip-off, the commandos swooped down on a secret Maoist meeting and killed the extremists in a gunbattle, he added.
Maoist rebels, who operate in at least nine Indian states, claim to fight for the rights of IndiaÂ’s impoverished peasants and landless labourers. The revolt has killed thousands of people in the last three decades, including at least 6,000 in Andhra Pradesh. | |
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