• Maoist insurgents make an attack on security forces in India; 12 dead
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[quote]At least 24 Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) jawans have been killed in an encounter with Maoists in Chhattisgarh’s Sukma district on Monday. Several others have been injured in the attack. All of them are from the 74 battalion of the CRPF. It was a road-opening party of the force that was attacked by the Maoists. This is the worst Maoist attack on security forces since the April 2010 attack in Dantewada district which led to the death of 76 CRPF personnel. The encounter took place at around 12:25 pm between the Burkapal-Chintagufa area of the worst Maoist violence-affected district in south Bastar area of the state. One of the jawans passed away en route to a hospital in Raipur.[/quote] [url]http://www.msn.com/en-in/news/newsindia/chhattisgarh-11-crpf-personnel-killed-in-encounter-with-maoists-in-sukma/ar-BBAfAkm[/url]
Doesn't surprise me. Naxalites have been fighting in that region for years, and with the popularity of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) (ten million members), they've become a lot more open and active than before.
[QUOTE=Emperor Scorpious II;52144115]12 dead At least 24 Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) jawans have been killed[/QUOTE] What's with the discrepancy? Is it still unfolding?
[QUOTE=Scarabix;52144244]What's with the discrepancy? Is it still unfolding?[/QUOTE] Probably from this: [quote]Twelve personnel of the CRPF from the 219 Battalion were killed in Sukma district earlier this year in a Naxal ambush. That incident was reported in the dense forests near Kottacheru village under Bhejji police station, around 450 kms away from the state capital of Raipur. It was one of the deadliest attacks on security forces.[/quote] This was in an earlier attack. 24 were killed in this attack.
[QUOTE=ImUnstoppable;52144223]Doesn't surprise me. Naxalites have been fighting in that region for years, and with the popularity of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) (ten million members), they've become a lot more open and active than before.[/QUOTE] Considering how India treat's it's lower classes, well [I]castes[/I], I'm not surprised they have a strong communist movement. Unless they've greatly lessened their caste system.
[QUOTE=Bbarnes005;52145881]Considering how India treat's it's lower classes, well [I]castes[/I], I'm not surprised they have a strong communist movement. Unless they've greatly lessened their caste system.[/QUOTE] Depends where you go. Wherever the government can project its power well, especially major urban centres, they've taken big steps to eliminate it. Out in rural areas, though, it's still alive and well.
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