Attack In India Leaves 49 Police Officers Dead

     We all know what is happening in Iraq so for now I am changing over to some news from out of India. Of course, it is violence filled.

    From the state of Chattisgarh which is a little over 900 miles southeast of New Delhi, some of those nasty communist rebels launched an attack against a police post today and killed 49 officers, at the least. It looks as if the rebels were armed quite good for the attack as they were carrying rifles, petrol bombs and hand grenades.

    It appears that the rebels caught the officers ( 79 ) by surprise. In addition to the 49 who were killed, 12 officers were wounded. Source

Before fleeing with weapons stolen from the police post, the attackers scattered land mines around the area, Swarnkar said. By midday, police reinforcements had reached the post and were fanning out into the jungle to search for the attackers.

The rebels, who claim to be inspired by Chinese revolutionary Mao Zedong, demand land and jobs for agricultural laborers and the poor. They are mainly active in six of India's 28 states — Andhra Pradesh, Jharkhand, Bihar, Karnataka, Orissa and Chattisgarh.

   

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