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Maoist Rebels Kill 11 In Attacks In Eastern India
Sunday, Dec 4, 2011 2:25 PM 18:36:34 GMT+0800
Sunday, Dec 4, 2011 2:25 PM 18:36:34 GMT+0800
By Indrajit Singh, Associated Press
PATNA, India (AP) Police say Maoist rebels have killed 11 people in attacks across an eastern Indian state after their leader died in a gunbattle with security forces.
Police Superintendent D.V. Sharma says the rebels blew up railway tracks at two points in Jharkhand early Sunday to protest the Nov. 24 killing of Koteshwar Rao, alias Kishanji.
He says they also attacked a police convoy traveling with a state lawmaker in western Jharkhand late Saturday, detonating explosives that killed nine officers and spraying gunfire that left two civilians dead.
The guerrillas, inspired by Chinese revolutionary Mao Zedong, have been fighting for decades for land and jobs for the poor.