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Five dead in Maoist rebel ambush on election convoy in India: police
RAIPUR, India, April 9, 2019 (BSS/AFP) – Five people were killed Tuesday
in a massive roadside bomb attack on a political convoy in India, police
said, just two days before voting begins in the country’s national election.
“According to our preliminary investigation, five people have died” in the
attack by Maoist rebels in Chhattisgarh, the state’s police deputy inspector
general, P. Sundar Raj, told reporters.
BSS/AFP/RY/20:43 hrs