NEW DELHI: (APP) Suspected Maoist rebels have ambushed a convoy of paramilitary commandos in east India and killed 10, police said tuesday, in the deadliest such attack since 2014.
A landmine blast hit the convoy Monday afternoon while the men were conducting an anti-Maoist operation in the dense forests of Aurangabad district in Bihar state.
At least three rebels were killed in a gunfight that followed the blast, police said.
“Ten of our men were killed in the blast and five are injured,” a senior police officer told AFP on condition of anonymity.
Police and paramilitary reinforcements were sent to the area, but police said the attackers had escaped.