Maoist rebels have killed thirteen policemen in the central Indian state of Chattisgarh, while they were conducting a raid on a rebel hideout.
The men with the Central Reserve Police Force were surrounded and attacked by an unknown number of rebels in the state’s Sukma district, leaving another 12 policemen injured.
The Maoists say they are fighting for the rights of tribal people, landless farmers and people displaced by industry, who are under pressure from corporations and the government to leave resource-rich land.