India police die in Maoist clash

[Coventina]

Source: BBC

Fifteen policemen have been killed in a clash with Maoist rebels in the western Indian state of Maharashtra, a senior police official said.

The policemen were ambushed in a jungle near a village in the east of the state, described as a rebel stronghold, on Sunday, the official said.

Some rebels had been killed and wounded in the clash, he said.

More than 6,000 people have died during the rebels' 20-year fight for a communist state in parts of India.



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[nyy1998]

1. A populist movement that has gone too far...

In reality, all they want is a seat at the table, but they don't know how to achieve that outside of killing people of higher caste. They almost killed my uncle when he tried to go visit our home village in India. I have no sympathy towards these guys because of their methods.