30 KILLED IN CHHATTISGARH EXPLOSION
Baku, May 18 (AZERTAC). At least 30 people were killed on Monday when Maoists blew up a private bus using a powerful Improvised Explosive Device (IED). The blast occurred at 4.30 p.m. at Chingavaram on the Dantewada-Sukhma road in Chhattisgarh, India. The bus was carrying 50-60 people.
Officials said the recent attacks were part of an annual Maoist Tactical Counter Offensive Campaign. “Every year we see a spike in Maoist violence in the prelude to the monsoon season” said the sources. In an IED explosion in Bijapur district on May 8, seven CRPF personnel were killed. On April 6, Maoists massacred 75 CRPF soldiers and one police head constable in an ambush.
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