Maoists kill 12 in India poll-related violence

Maoist rebels killed 12 people in two poll-related blasts Saturday in an insurgency-hit region of central India, police said, highlighting security worries in the nation's marathon election. Six polling team officials were killed when Maoists blew up their bus in the state of Chhattisgarh, senior police officer Gurjinder Pal Singh said, while five security men engaged in an election safety operation and another victim were killed in a separate landmine blast, according to AFP.