2018 Sukma attack
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| Sukma attack | |||||
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| Part of the Naxalite-Maoist insurgency | |||||
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| Belligerents | |||||
 Communist Party of India (Maoist) |
 India | ||||
| Units involved | |||||
| Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) | |||||
| Strength | |||||
| 100[1] | |||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||
| 9 killed | |||||
On 13 March 2018, at least nine Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel were killed and two others were injured when Maoists blew their mine-protected vehicle by an IED in Sukma district, Chhattisgarh, India.[2][3][4]
Background
The attack came almost eleven days after Indian security personnel killed 10 alleged Naxalites in the state. It also came almost a year after at least 25 CRPF personnel were killed in one of the deadliest attacks by Maoist rebels.[2]
References
- ^ "Sukma Naxal attack: 9 CRPF jawans martyred as 100 Maoists ambush convoy; 'distressing', says Rajnath". Times Now. March 13, 2018. Retrieved 14 March 2018.
- ^ a b Drolia, Rashmi (March 14, 2018). "9 CRPF jawans killed in Sukma Maoist attack". Times of India. TNN. Retrieved 14 March 2018.
- ^ Ritesh Mishra, Rajesh Ahuja (March 13, 2018). "Sukma attack: 9 CRPF jawans killed in encounter with Maoists after IED blows up truck". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 14 March 2018.
- ^ "9 government troops killed in Maoist attack in eastern India". ABC News. Associated Press. March 13, 2018. Retrieved 14 March 2018.
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