Maoists storm police camp in WB, kill atleast 15 Jawans

Scores of Maoists ambushed security forces in Silda just 30km from Midnapore town on Monday, killing atleast 15 Eastern Frontier Rifle (EFR) jawans and abducting many injured soldiers, in the most devastating and daring Naxal attack in Bengal so far. Clad in tracksuits and preparing dinner, around 50 EFR men were caught completely off guard when about 40 Maoists began firing from automatic rifles. The jawans were boxed in by the five-foot walls and barbed wire fence of their camp as the guerrillas opened fire from all sides.