16/04/2003 | ABC Radio Australia News
The outlawed Maoist group has been blamed for a landmine attack which has killed eight policemen and injured three others in the eastern Indian state of Bihar.
Authorities say the attack occurred in Nawada district, south of Patna.
They blamed rebels of the banned Maoist Communist Centre, a left-wing extremist organisation, of carrying out the attack.
The AFP newsagency says Leftist-linked violence is prevalent in Bihar, which is India's poorest state and one of its most caste-polarised.
Posted by Chida at April 16, 2003 10:02 AM