Monday, 1 December 2014

Maoists kill 14 CRPF personnel, 2 officers among dead

The Maoist strike on the CRPF when its personnel were returning to their camp was the biggest attack on the paramilitary force in Chhattisgarh this year. On March 11, eleven CRPF men were among 15 people killed in a Maoist attack in Sukma district.

"As per latest reports, 14 CRPF men were killed and another 12 have been injured," Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh told reporters.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh roundly condemned the attack.

"Words are not enough to condemn the brutal and inhuman attack by anti-national elements in Sukma," Modi tweeted, while Singh called it an act of cowardice and a "dastardly act" of violence. Singh is leaving for Chhattisgarh for an assessment of the situation.

"The Naxals have carried out the attack by putting innocent villagers as human shields," Singh told reporters in Lucknow.

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