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Maoist rebels in east India kill 8, including 6 policemen
At least eight people, including six policemen, were killed in a gunbattle with Maoist rebels in the eastern Indian state of Bihar on Thursday, police said.
- Agencies
- Published: 16:48 August 21, 2008
Patna: At least eight people, including six policemen, were killed in a gunbattle with Maoist rebels in the eastern Indian state of Bihar on Thursday, police said.
Guerrillas riding motorcycles fired on a police van in the Raniganj area, a Maoist stronghold.
The dead include one civilian and a rebel.
The forces walked into a Maoist trap after it was informed that criminals were looting a nearby bank, an official said.
"But when the police rushed to the spot, they were attacked," said S.K. Bhardwaj, a chief of anti-Maoist operations.
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