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On July 16, Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres killed 20 personnel of the Special Operations Group (SOG) of the Orissa Police in a landmine blast in the Malkangiri district, reports The Hindu.
From this sentence, the following information was extracted.
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kill Maoist ( CPI-M aoist ) cadres 20 personnel of the Special Operations Group ( SOGThis data was extracted from the following paragraph of the newspaper clippings.
On July 16, Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres killed 20 personnel of the Special Operations Group (SOG) of the Orissa Police in a landmine blast in the Malkangiri district, reports The Hindu. Unofficial reports put the death toll at 24. The blast occurred at 4 pm (IST) in the MV-126 area when an anti-landmine van carrying the police team was returning to the district headquarters town of Malkangiri. The personnel had gone to MPV-41 village, where a contractor s house was attacked by Maoists on July 15-night. A majority of the SOG personnel were in the anti-landmine vehicle and the remaining were on motorcycles. Soon after the blast, the Maoists, hiding in the nearby forest, opened fire on the policemen.
| Event ID | Date | Country | Storyhead |
|---|---|---|---|
| 34108-63442-149529 | 7/17/2008 | India | Maoists kill 20 police personnel in Orissa |
The original source are newspaper clippings and extracts collected by the South Asian Terrorism Portal.
Note: incidences are geocoded by the district centroid.
In the same newspaper clipping is further information on the events:
| Event ID | Date | Country | Act | District |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 34108-63442-149529 | 7/17/2008 | India | kill | Mayurbhanj |
| 34108-63442-149532 | 7/17/2008 | India | attack | Puri |