Coca-Cola Bottling Plant Bombed in Rebel Protest
An outlawed leftist group bombed a Coca-Cola Co. bottling plant and said the attack was in protest against U.S.-led strikes on Afghanistan.
No one was injured in the early morning blast at Atmakuru in the southern state of Andhra Pradesh, police said.
“The People’s War Group Naxalites left a note saying the attack was in protest against American military action in Afghanistan,” a senior state police official said.
A statement from Coca-Cola India said the attackers locked up security guards in a room before bombing the boiler plant, an administrative building and a parking area.
Naxalites, named after the eastern Indian town of Naxalbari where their movement began decades ago, have traditionally attacked landlords and law enforcement authorities.
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