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Naxals blow up CRPF bus in Maharashtra; 15 killed
Nagpur: At least 15 personnel of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) were on Tuesday killed in a landmine blast triggered by suspected Naxals in Maharashtra's Gadchiroli district.
According to officials, the paramilitary personnel were travelling in a bus when the incident occurred.
The Naxals have targeted paramilitary personnel in a similar manner on several previous occasions also, leading to his casualties.
For instance, several jawans of the Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) travelling in three buses were killed when Naxals triggered a landmine blast on the Dantewada Highway in Chhattisgarh on October 7 last year.
Earlier that year, on June 10, ten security men lost their life when Maoists blew up an anti-landmine vehicle in Katikalyan area of Dantewada district.
On May 17, 2010, Maoists targeted a civilian bus in Dantewada on which CRPF jawans and Special Police Officers were travelling. Over 40 people were killed in that attack.
That attack took place only a month after Dantewada recorded the worst-ever massacre of CRPF jawans, when 76 troops were killed in a Maoist attack.
Following such incidents, questions have been raised as to why the security apparatus have failed to prevent security men from walking into such traps laid by the Naxals.
Nagpur: At least 15 personnel of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) were on Tuesday killed in a landmine blast triggered by suspected Naxals in Maharashtra's Gadchiroli district.
According to officials, the paramilitary personnel were travelling in a bus when the incident occurred.
The Naxals have targeted paramilitary personnel in a similar manner on several previous occasions also, leading to his casualties.
For instance, several jawans of the Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) travelling in three buses were killed when Naxals triggered a landmine blast on the Dantewada Highway in Chhattisgarh on October 7 last year.
Earlier that year, on June 10, ten security men lost their life when Maoists blew up an anti-landmine vehicle in Katikalyan area of Dantewada district.
On May 17, 2010, Maoists targeted a civilian bus in Dantewada on which CRPF jawans and Special Police Officers were travelling. Over 40 people were killed in that attack.
That attack took place only a month after Dantewada recorded the worst-ever massacre of CRPF jawans, when 76 troops were killed in a Maoist attack.
Following such incidents, questions have been raised as to why the security apparatus have failed to prevent security men from walking into such traps laid by the Naxals.
