| A land mine planted by suspected communist rebels blew up a police truck in northern India on Saturday, killing 18 officers, police said. The attack happened near Naughar, a village 250 miles southeast of Lucknow, the capital of Uttar Pradesh state, said Yashpal Singh, a police director-general. Singh said there were 30 policemen in the truck and they were searching for suspected rebels who killed three forest guards on Thursday. Some of the 12 officers who survived the assault were wounded, Singh said. |