The deadly bombing followed an earlier attack by Maoist rebels on a unit of special police officers patrolling the forest. — Internet NEW DELHI, Mar 13 (Agency): Maoist rebels killed nine Indian paramilitary troopers after detonating an explosive beneath their vehicle during a patrol in restive Chhattisgarh state, officials said Tuesday.
The blast in a remote forest region also injured three others who were airlifted to state capital Raipur for treatment, a spokesman for India's central reserve police force said.
Left-wing guerrillas have for decades been fighting the Indian state, demanding land, jobs and other rights for poor tribal groups in a long-running insurgency believed to have cost tens of thousands of lives.
Much action is focused around the rebel-dominated "Red Corridor" stretching through central and eastern India.
India's home minister Rajnath Singh described Tuesday's attack as "deeply distressing" and wished those injured a speedy recovery.
The deadly bombing followed an earlier attack by Maoist rebels on a unit of special police officers patrolling the forest.
An AP report adds: Police in eastern India say at least nine paramilitary soldiers have been killed by a land mine placed by Maoist rebels who are active in the area.
Police officer DM Awasthi says the soldiers were traveling between camps in the Sukma area of Chhattisgarh state on Tuesday when their vehicle drove over a land mine, resulting in an explosion. Two other soldiers were wounded in the blast.
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