2017 Sukma attack
| Sukma attack | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Part of the Naxalite-Maoist insurgency | |||||||
| |||||||
| Belligerents | |||||||
 Communist Party of India (Maoist) |
 India | ||||||
| Units involved | |||||||
| Central Reserve Police Force | |||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 300 | 99 | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 3 killed | 26 killed | ||||||
The Sukma attack was an ambush carried out by the Communist Party of India (Maoist) against Indian paramilitary forces on 24 April 2017, during the Naxalite-Maoist insurgency. It was the largest ambush since a similar attack in 2010, in the neighbouring district of Dantewada.[1]
The ambush took place between Burkapal and Chintagufa in Sukma district of Chhattisgarh, India.[2][3][4][5] A group of 300 Maoists attacked a 99-member troop of the Central Reserve Police Force.[6] Three Maoists and 25 police personnel were killed in the ensuing firefight.[7]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ "'Maoists' kill 25 troops in worst attack in seven years". Al Jazeera. 25 April 2017.
- ↑ "Over 24 CRPF jawans killed in worst Maoist attack in years – The Economic Times". The Economic Times. Retrieved 24 April 2017.
- ↑ "26 jawans killed as Maoists attack CRPF team in Chhattisgarh's Sukma". The Times of India. Retrieved 24 April 2017.
- ↑ Agarwal, Nikhil (24 April 2017). "Sukma attack: 26 CRPF jawans killed, worst Naxal attack in years". India Today. Retrieved 24 April 2017.
- ↑ Prabhu, Sunil; Sanyal, Anindita (24 April 2017). "Sukma Attack: 26 CRPF Personnel Dead in Encounter With Maoists". NDTV. Retrieved 24 April 2017.
- ↑ "Naxal attack in Chhattisgarh's Sukma: How 300 Maoists attacked 99-member CRPF troop". Firstpost. 25 April 2017. Retrieved 24 November 2017.
- ↑ "'Maoists' kill 25 troops in worst attack in seven years". www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved 24 November 2017.
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