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18 killed in fresh Maoist unrest in India: police
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RAIPUR, India, Feb 18, 2008 (AFP) - Thirteen Maoist rebels and five police were killed in gunbattles in the eastern Indian state of Chhattisgarh Monday as heavy fighting continued for a third day in a neighbouring state, police said.
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Three guerrillas and five police were killed in a gunfight in thick forest around 450 kilometres (350 miles) from the local capital Raipur.
"Three bodies of Maoists were recovered after the encounter," inspector general of police R.K Vij told AFP.
Another 10 insurgents were killed after they fled the area, police sources said.
The violence in Chhattisgarh broke out as security forces clashed with Maoist guerrillas for a third day in neighbouring Orissa state where the rebels killed 13 police and a civilian during the weekend.
At least 20 rebels and three security forces have died so far in retaliatory attacks in Orissa.
Police also recovered 115 rifles, one carbine and a truck full of ammunition which the rebels had looted from police posts during their weekend attack, Orissa's director general of police Gopal Chandra Nanda said.
At least 600 troops, backed by army helicopters are engaged in the gunbattle in Orissa's remote jungles, around 250 kilometres (150 miles) from Bhubaneswar.
Orissa is one of India's poorest states and part of an eastern swathe of the country where the Maoists, who say they are fighting for the rights of neglected tribal people and landless farmers, appear to be gaining ground.
The insurgency grew out of a peasant uprising in 1967 and has hit half of India's 29 states.
18 killed in fresh Maoist unrest in India: police - Yahoo! News
38 minutes ago
RAIPUR, India, Feb 18, 2008 (AFP) - Thirteen Maoist rebels and five police were killed in gunbattles in the eastern Indian state of Chhattisgarh Monday as heavy fighting continued for a third day in a neighbouring state, police said.
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Three guerrillas and five police were killed in a gunfight in thick forest around 450 kilometres (350 miles) from the local capital Raipur.
"Three bodies of Maoists were recovered after the encounter," inspector general of police R.K Vij told AFP.
Another 10 insurgents were killed after they fled the area, police sources said.
The violence in Chhattisgarh broke out as security forces clashed with Maoist guerrillas for a third day in neighbouring Orissa state where the rebels killed 13 police and a civilian during the weekend.
At least 20 rebels and three security forces have died so far in retaliatory attacks in Orissa.
Police also recovered 115 rifles, one carbine and a truck full of ammunition which the rebels had looted from police posts during their weekend attack, Orissa's director general of police Gopal Chandra Nanda said.
At least 600 troops, backed by army helicopters are engaged in the gunbattle in Orissa's remote jungles, around 250 kilometres (150 miles) from Bhubaneswar.
Orissa is one of India's poorest states and part of an eastern swathe of the country where the Maoists, who say they are fighting for the rights of neglected tribal people and landless farmers, appear to be gaining ground.
The insurgency grew out of a peasant uprising in 1967 and has hit half of India's 29 states.
18 killed in fresh Maoist unrest in India: police - Yahoo! News
