Up to 200 Naxalites, or Maoists, have boarded a train that was going from going from Barkakana in Jharkhand to Mugalsarai in India Wednesday 22 April, taking hostage some 700-800 passengers, according to the Times of India. First Western media reports are putting the number lower, at 200-300. The hostage-taking is part of a continuing series of violent acts in the leadup to elections to the area. The Indian government says no one has been harmed.
Posted by Ellen Wallace on 22 April 2009 at 8:04 |
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News story, GenevaLunch, 22 April 2009.
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Tags: hostages, India, Jharkhand, Maoists, Nazals, train
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