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Maoist IED blast kills nearly 40 in Dantewada bus attack
Nearly 40 civilians and police personnel were killed when Maoists detonated a powerful improvised explosive device against a bus in Dantewada, The Hindu reports. The attack came barely weeks after twin landmine…
The Story in Brief
Nearly 40 civilians and police personnel were killed when Maoists detonated a powerful improvised explosive device against a bus in Dantewada, The Hindu reports. The attack came barely weeks after twin landmine blasts in the same district killed 70 policemen. Images from the scene showed the bus reduced to mangled remains. The report, published in May 2010 and updated in November 2024, describes the blast as another major Maoist strike in Dantewada. It does not provide a further breakdown of the casualties or identify the bus operator.
The Indian Opinion
The lazy narrative that such attacks are either proof of total state failure or evidence that military force alone can solve the Maoist problem misses the immediate facts. A bus carrying civilians and police became a target, while the earlier blasts had already exposed the danger in Dantewada. The useful test is whether future travel and patrol plans reduce casualties, not whether leaders offer tougher words after each blast.
Source: thehindu.com
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