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The incident took place when a joint team of the CRPF and the Police, about 50 personnel divided into two platoons were moving from Tongpal village to Jeeram Ghati, the same area where a Maoist ambush had killed 27 people last year on May, 25.
From this sentence, the following information was extracted.
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kill a Maoist ambush 27 peopleThis data was extracted from the following paragraph of the newspaper clippings.
Fifteen Security Force (SF) personnel were killed in a Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) ambush on March 11 in Sukma District of south Chhattisgarh, reports The Hindu. One civilian, Vikram Nishad, also died in the crossfire, while three were injured. Additional Director-General of Police Mukesh Gupta said 11 of the personnel who died belonged to the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), while four were from the Chhattisgarh Police. The incident took place when a joint team of the CRPF and the Police, about 50 personnel divided into two platoons were moving from Tongpal village to Jeeram Ghati, the same area where a Maoist ambush had killed 27 people last year on May, 25. The team was engaged in an area domination exercise to sanitise the area for troop movements and also to provide security to road construction workers. About 100 Maoists surrounded them and opened fire.
| Event ID | Date | Country | Storyhead |
|---|---|---|---|
| 68276-139796-354686 | 3/12/2014 | India | Maoists kill 16 persons including 15 Security Force personnel in Chhattisgarh |
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 68276-139796-354686 | 3/12/2014 | India | kill | Dantewada |