Information About Incident 68431-140103-355467 in Ranchi India

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Meanwhile, a squad of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) on March 21 opened fire at a social gathering at Khunti, 30 kilometre from Ranchi, injuring two villagers, including the younger brother of a Special Police Officer (SPO), and set fire to a jeep, reports The Hindu.

From this sentence, the following information was extracted.

• Meta Location: Khunti Ranchi
• Matched District: Ranchi
• Actgroup: injure
• Actor: Maoist ( CPI-M aoist )
• Subject: two villagers

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Meanwhile, a squad of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) on March 21 opened fire at a social gathering at Khunti, 30 kilometre from Ranchi, injuring two villagers, including the younger brother of a Special Police Officer (SPO), and set fire to a jeep, reports The Hindu. The tribal villagers said they suspected the Maoists targeted the family and friends of Raila Dhingra Munda for his work as an SPO gathering intelligence for the Khunti District Police.

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