Eight policemen and driver killed by Maoist bomb in central India

Police vehicle blown up in Bijapur district in the state of Chhattisgarh

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Chhattisgarh and other states in central and eastern India have been affected by a decades-long Maoist insurgency.   © Reuters

BHUBANESWAR, India (Reuters) -- At least eight policemen and a driver were killed in a bomb blast set off by Maoist rebels in the central Indian state of Chhattisgarh, police said on Monday.

The police vehicle in which the victims were travelling was hit by a blast in the Bijapur district of the state on Monday, a police statement said.

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