WORLD IN BRIEF : INDIA : Land Mine Kills 10 as Elections Near
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
Land mines believed planted by a militant Maoist group killed at least eight police officers and two civilians in India’s southern state of Andhra Pradesh. The explosion was the second in four days in Andhra Pradesh, where the Peoples War Group apparently is trying to disrupt Monday’s state elections. A police official said the target of the attack was Narasimha Reddy, a staunchly anti-Maoist minister in the state government who was in the car behind the vehicle in which the victims were riding.
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