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9 security men killed in Orissa Naxal strike

Hindustan Times | By, Sambalpur
Jun 18, 2009 11:49 PM IST

Ten people, including nine security personnel, were killed in a landmine blast triggered by Naxals in Orissa's Koraput district, 500 km southwest of Bhubaneswar, on Thursday.

Ten people, including nine security personnel, were killed in a landmine blast triggered by Naxals in Orissa's Koraput district, 500 km southwest of Bhubaneswar, on Thursday.

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This brings the number of security personnel killed by Naxalites across India over the last six months to 177.

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Eight of those killed belonged to the Orissa Special Security Force (OSSF), which has been specially created by the state government by drafting ex-servicemen, while the ninth, the driver of the jeep, was an Orissa State Armed Police (OSAP) personnel.

A civilian, who happened to be on the spot, also died.

The troops were on their way to assist Orissa Disaster Rapid Action Force (ODRAF) personnel clear a major district road that Maoists had blocked by felling trees.

About 500 metres short of the roadblock, a powerful landmine blew up the OSSF jeep as it crossed a culvert, killing all its occupants.

The Koraput Superintendent of Police Deepak Kumar Chauhan, who rushed to the spot, told HT: “We have sealed the whole area and a combing operation is on. I can say only this much at the moment.”

The elite Special Operations Group, the Greyhounds and the Central Reserve Police Force were involved in the operation.

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