AFP. 28 January 2002. Maoists kill 11, including nine police, in northern India.
RANCHI -- Maoist rebels have killed 11 people, including nine policemen, in the northern Indian state of Ranchi in a landmine blast, police said Monday. The Maoists triggered the mine on Sunday evening, blowing up a vehicle carrying nine members of the Jharkhand Armed Police, all of whom died on the spot. Two other people on a motorbike were killed in the explosion, said additional director general of police R.R. Prasad. The police vehicle was ambushed while returning from a village fair. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Barry Stoller http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ProletarianNews
