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Maoists kill 5 policemen and porter
Communist rebels known as Naxalites fatally shot five policemen and a luggage porter and seriously wounded two others in an attack on a railroad station in Bihar, police said yesterday.
- AP
- Published: 23:58 April 14, 2008
Patna: Communist rebels known as Naxalites fatally shot five policemen and a luggage porter and seriously wounded two others in an attack on a railroad station in Bihar, police said yesterday.
More than 100 Maoist rebels took part in the Sunday evening attack in Jhajha, 120km from here, deputy inspector general of police Manohar Prasad Singh said.
The rebels blew up the railway police station building and stole some weapons. They also fired indiscriminately on the platform, Singh said, adding that a railway porter and five policemen were killed.
The attack delayed railway traffic for several hours, Singh said.
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