7 Maoist rebels killed in India
At least seven Maoist insurgents were shot dead by Indian security forces yesterday, police told AFP, the latest clash in a decades-long conflict waged in the country's wild central forests.
The guerrillas were killed in a remote part of the central state of Chhattisgarh.
Security deployments in the state have been bolstered in the past month with India currently in the middle of a six-week general election.
"Bodies of seven Maoists have been recovered," a police official told AFP.
Two of the cadres killed were women, he said, adding that a large quantity of weapons including automatic firearms had been recovered.
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