At least 12 Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel were killed when Maoists set off landmine blasts and opened fire on a patrol party in a forested stretch in Chhattisgarh's in Bijapur district on October 20. The incident took place when heavily armed insurgents waiting at a turning on a hilly portion first triggered multiple landmine blasts and then opened indiscriminate fire on a search party that was on foot. Six CRPF men were also injured in the incident while a Maoist was killed1.

• 1. “Maoists kill 12 CRPF personnel in Chhattisgarh,” Times of India, October 21, 2008, at http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Maoists_kill_12_CRPF_personnel_...