Information About Incident 67098-137031-347711 in Baragarh India

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A group of Maoists cadres, including women, stormed into Padia, in the early hours and entered the block office building after breaking the lock, Malkangiri Superintendent of Police (SP) Akhileswar Singh said.

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Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres blew up a block office building at Padia in Malkangiri District on December 25 using powerful explosives, reports The Times of India. A group of Maoists cadres, including women, stormed into Padia, in the early hours and entered the block office building after breaking the lock, Malkangiri Superintendent of Police (SP) Akhileswar Singh said. The Maoists set the building on fire before triggering a powerful blast, causing extensive damage to the structure, he said, adding that no one was harmed in the attack. A poster found from the site stated that the attack was in protest against an encounter with Security Forces (SFs) in September this year (2013) in which around 13 Maoists had been killed, police said, adding that the poster also sought a halt to anti-Maoist operation and withdrawal of Border Security Force (BSF) from the region.

Event ID Date Country Storyhead
67098-137031-347711 12/26/2013 India Maoists blow up office building in Odisha

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