New Delhi: The Naxals launched attacks on a CISF picket at Khasmat coal project in Bokaro district that killed persons including two CISF personnel and injured six others.
The two CISF personnel received fatal bullet wounds in the attack on Friday night on the picket near the project under Gandhi Nagar police station of the district, Superintendent of Police Priya Dubey said.
Four civilians died when the Naxals fired at Kurpania Bazaar nearby, the SP said.
Two other CISF jawans and four other civilians were also injured in the attack.
Apart from exploding andmines at several places to create panic in the area the Naxals also tried to storm the Gandhi Nagar police station. However, the police repulsed their move.
Both the security personnel and the Maoists traded several rounds of bullets.
A cleaner of a dumper was injured when a separate group of extremists exploded a landmine in an attempt to blow up a bridge leading to Khasmahal to stop police movement.
The Bokaro SP rushed to the spot with reinforcements soon after the attack. The encounter lasted till the early hours.
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