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| Indian government condemns Maoist attack |
| 2010-02-17 |
| [Iran Press TV Latest] Indian Home Minister P. Chidambaram has condemned an attack by Maoist rebels that killed at least 24 police officers and a student in the east of the country. "The attack was another outrageous attempt by the banned organization to overawe the established authority in the state," Chidambaram said Some 20 Maoist separatist rebels on motorcycles and in cars attacked a police camp in West Bengal state's Midnapore district at about 5:00 p.m. local time (1130 GMT). The Maoist rebellion began as a peasant uprising in 1967 and has now spread to 20 of India's 29 states. They claim to be fighting for the rights of the impoverished tribal peoples and other victims of state violence. Meanwhile, security forces in the northeast Indian city of Guwahati detained a female militant who had a pistol and 100 rounds of ammunition in her possession. The 35-year-old Tina Marak, a resident of Dimapur in neighboring Nagaland state, was arrested during a routine inspection of an auto rickshaw. Marak belongs to the Kuki tribe of Nagaland. The Kukis have been demanding a separate homeland for people of Naga tribes over the past 60 years. More than 20,000 people have died in the uprising in the Christian-dominated state. |
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| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2010-02-17 19:02 |