(KUNA) -- Armed rebels, better known as "Naxals", killed as many as 11 coppers in India's central state of Chhattisgarh late on Friday, reported the Press Trust of India (PTI) on Saturday.The killings took place in state's Bijapur district. The Naxals ambushed the police team while the latter were patrolling the area.
The police squad came under heavy fire from the Naxals. Additional security force has been dispatched to the site, the local police sources were quoted as saying. A helicopter has also been requisitioned to evacuate the injured, added the sources.
For the past almost two decades, the Naxals have been quite active in several Indian states like Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Orissa, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh and West Bengal.
They claim to be fighting for the cause of landless labourers and generally attack government installations like cop shoppes and government personnel, mainly the security personnel.