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Indian commandos kill 10 Maoist rebels

By Ag Afp
November 23, 2024
A resident sits on a boulder painted with voter awareness mural in Dugeli village of Chhattisgarh state, one of the last strongholds of the Naxal rebels, on April 19, 2024. — AFP
A resident sits on a boulder painted with voter awareness mural in Dugeli village of Chhattisgarh state, one of the last strongholds of the Naxal rebels, on April 19, 2024. — AFP

RAIPUR, India: Indian security forces gunned down at least 10 Maoist rebels on Friday during a firefight, police said, as New Delhi steps up efforts to crush the long-running armed conflict.

More than 10,000 people have died in the decades-long insurgency waged by the Naxalite movement, who say they are fighting for the rights of marginalised Indigenous people of India´s remote and resource-rich central regions.

The gun battle took place in a remote forested area of Chhattisgarh state, the heartland of the insurgency.

“Dead bodies of 10 Maoists have been recovered so far,” Vivekanand Sinha, chief of the state police´s anti-Maoist operations, told AFP.