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Rebels kill 23 in Indian blast
NEW DELHI (CNN) -- Suspected Maoist
guerrillas triggered a bomb blast in the
eastern Indian state of Chhatisgarh late
Saturday, killing 23 paramilitary soldiers,
police told CNN.
The incident happened at 7 p.m. local time
Saturday as a patrol of the paramilitary
Central Reserve Police Force was returning
from an anti-guerrilla operation in nearby
Bijpaur, an officer in the district
headquarters town of Dantewada said Sunday.
The officer, who spoke on customary condition
of anonymity, described the explosion as
massive and said it left a crater some 15
feet (5 meters) deep. The vehicle in which
the soldiers were traveling was broken in
half, he said. Three soldiers, including the
commandant of the battalion, were wounded in
the explosion.
Officials blamed the People's War Group,
an outlawed ultra-leftist extremist group,
for the attack. The mineral-rich, thickly
forested region, which is spread over four
states, lags behind the rest of the country
in developmental indices like per capita
income, public health and education.
The People's War Group and other outfits
that describe themselves as
"naxalites" have been fighting
against the government, saying the local
people are being denied land and royalty
rights.
Thousands of security forces and extremists
have died in the conflict.
Sunday, September 4, 2005; Posted: 2:32 a.m.
EDT (06:32 GMT)
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