Maoists blast school building

Armed Maoists detonated dynamites to blow up a school building at Jurati village in Bihar's Aurangabad district early on Tuesday, police said.

Armed Maoists detonated dynamites to blow up a school building at Jurati village in Bihar's Aurangabad district early on Tuesday, police said.

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Around 200 ultras surrounded the state-run school and triggered dynamite blasts partially damaging its building, the police said.

A patrol soon arrived and locked the ultras in an encounter for more than two hours, the police said.

No (no) casualty was reported from either side.

Police recovered two cane bombs, cable wires, several police uniforms besides naxal literature from the spot.

A combing operation has been launched to nab the Maoists, the police added.