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| Six killed in naxal attack in Jharkhand, twenty die in Tamil Nadu explosion |
| 2007-04-07 |
| RANCHI: Six persons, including two CISF personnel, were killed and six others injured when naxals launched attacks on a CISF picket at Khasmahal coal project in Bokaro district and a police station, a senior police official said on Saturday. The two CISF personnel received fatal bullet wounds in the attack on Friday night on the picket near the project under Gandhi Nagar police station of the district, Superintendent of Police Priya Dubey said. Four civilians died when the Maoists fired at Kurpania Bazaar nearby, the SP said. Two other CISF jawans and four other civilians were injured in the attack. The Maoists, who exploded landmines at several places to create panic in the area, also tried to storm the Gandhi Nagar police station but the police repulsed their move. Both the security personnel and the Maoists traded several rounds of bullets. A cleaner of a dumper was injured when a separate group of extremists exploded a landmine in an attempt to blow up a bridge leading to Khasmahal to stop police movement. Soon after the attack, the Bokaro SP rushed to the spot with reinforcements. The encounter lasted till the early hours. The injured were being treated at a nearby hospital. 20 killed, 18 injured in car explosion in Tamil Nadu NEW DELHI: The Union Home Ministry is in touch with the Tamil Nadu government following the death of 20 people in a car explosion in Villupuram on Saturday. An MHA spokesman said senior officials in the Home Ministry were in touch with state government officials and trying to find out the details of the incident. At least 20 people were killed and 18 injured, some seriously, when a car believed to be carrying "some explosive substance" blew up at Senthur village near Villupuram. |
| Posted by:John Frum |
| #2 May not be Naxals in Tamil Nadu may very well Tamil Tiger reprisals for India's sitting on the sidelines. |
| Posted by: Rightwing 2007-04-07 16:05 |
| #1 Naxals, why do they hate us ? |
| Posted by: wxjames 2007-04-07 12:57 |