Maoist Arsonists Torch Trucks in Eastern India
- 14 years ago
Maoist violence continues in India today. In their latest attack, four trucks were set on fire in one eastern India state.
Maoist rebels set ablaze four trucks at gunpoint in India's eastern state of Jharkhand Tuesday.
Around 25 armed men were involved in the attack which took place around midnight at a coal mining complex in Piparwar.
[S. N. Yadav, Police Spokesperson]: male Hindi
"The cadres were of the People's Liberation Front of India. They came in two cars and set four vehicles on fire."
There was a scuffle between the cadres and truck drivers but no one was seriously injured.
[Satinder Ram, Truck Driver]: male Hindi
"Two people came from the front and another two climbed the vehicle from both sides and pointed guns at us. They told us to stop the truck. We resisted but they did not listen. When we asked why they were burning the truck, they hit us."
The Maoists are described by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh as the country's biggest internal security threat.
They have spread into rural pockets in 20 of India's 28 states and they carried out over 1,000 attacks last year, killing more than 600 people.
Maoist rebels set ablaze four trucks at gunpoint in India's eastern state of Jharkhand Tuesday.
Around 25 armed men were involved in the attack which took place around midnight at a coal mining complex in Piparwar.
[S. N. Yadav, Police Spokesperson]: male Hindi
"The cadres were of the People's Liberation Front of India. They came in two cars and set four vehicles on fire."
There was a scuffle between the cadres and truck drivers but no one was seriously injured.
[Satinder Ram, Truck Driver]: male Hindi
"Two people came from the front and another two climbed the vehicle from both sides and pointed guns at us. They told us to stop the truck. We resisted but they did not listen. When we asked why they were burning the truck, they hit us."
The Maoists are described by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh as the country's biggest internal security threat.
They have spread into rural pockets in 20 of India's 28 states and they carried out over 1,000 attacks last year, killing more than 600 people.