# Maoists kill 40 in Dantewada bus IED blast 2026-08-16T16:04:37+00:00 | India | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 1 independent outlet Maoists struck again in Dantewada district, weeks after killing 70 policemen in twin landmine blasts. Nearly 40 people, including civilians and police, died when a powerful IED explosion destroyed a bus they were travelling in, The Hindu reports. The attack took place in the same district as the earlier landmine blasts. Images show the mangled remains of the bus. The incident occurred on May 18, 2010, according to The Hindu. ## Coverage - thehindu.com This story was synthesised by AI from the source linked above. Tags: Dantewada, IED, Maoists Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/maoists-kill-40-in-dantewada-bus-ied-blast/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/maoists-kill-40-in-dantewada-bus-ied-blast/#story-in-brief Review state: restored archive article, accurate at time of publication, not offered to search indexes. How this brief was made: an AI model read the report linked above and wrote this summary and analysis, which were published automatically. Published briefs are sampled every hour by an automated quality check; the editor verifies its findings and approves corrections, and corrected briefs carry a dated correction line. We do no original reporting. Methodology: https://indianopinion.org/ai-use-policy/