Information About Incident 40498-77537-189987 in Bhojpur India

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PTI reports that the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) blew up a state-run primary school at Gerua village Banka District in the morning of October 21 (today).

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PTI reports that the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) blew up a state-run primary school at Gerua village Banka District in the morning of October 21 (today). Over 100 extremists surrounded the building at around 2.30am and used dynamites to trigger the explosion, Police said. The roofs of the three-room school caved in due to the explosion. The school was adjacent to the Sangrampur block (administrative division) office which was blown up by the Maoists last week. The district administration had earlier planned to set up a Police post at the school, the report added.

Event ID Date Country Storyhead
40498-77537-189987 10/21/2009 India Maoists blew up school building in Bihar

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