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Tuesday, May 18, 2010 - 5.36 GMT

Chhattisgarh attack similar to strikes of LTTE – Indian intelligence

 
The deadly Improvised Explosive Device (IED) attack by Maoists in Chhattisgarh yesterday was strikingly similar to the precision strikes of the LTTE in its battle against Sri Lankan soldiers before being wiped out, the Press Trust of India said.

The device itself is believed to have been planted days before the attack in which at least 40 persons were killed, officials said on Monday.

The IED was triggered by the Naxals armed with real-time intelligence that Special Police Officers (SPOs) were travelling in the civilian bus.

They attacked by digging a tunnel on either side of the road to reach the concrete top from below to plant the IED, Indian intelligence sources said.

In a similar use of IEDs last week, the Maoists had blown up an armoured vehicle in which CRPF personnel were travelling, killing eight.

Top police officials said the same technique was used by the LTTE against the Lankan forces.






 
                   
 
   
   
   
   
   

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