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| conflict = Sukma attack |
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| date = 13 March 2018 |
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| combatant1 = {{flagicon image|South Asian Communist Banner.svg}} ] |
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| units2 = ] (CRPF) |
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| strength1 = 100<ref>{{cite news|title=Sukma Naxal attack: 9 CRPF jawans martyred as 100 Maoists ambush convoy; 'distressing', says Rajnath|url=http://www.timesnownews.com/india/video/central-reserve-police-force-chhattisgarh-sukma-crpf-attack-latest-news-today-naxalite-maoist-insurgency-communist-party-of-india-maoist/207196|accessdate=14 March 2018|work=Times Now|date=March 13, 2018}}</ref> |
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| campaignbox = {{Campaignbox Naxalite insurgency}}{{Campaignbox India terrorism}} |
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On 13 March 2018, at least nine ] (CRPF) personnel were killed and six others were injured when Maoists blew their ] by an IED in ], ], India.<ref name=TOI>{{cite news|last1=Drolia|first1=Rashmi|title=9 CRPF jawans killed in Sukma Maoist attack|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/8-crpf-personnel-killed-in-a-naxal-attack-in-chhattisgarhs-sukma-district/articleshow/63282963.cms|accessdate=14 March 2018|work=Times of India|agency=TNN|date=March 14, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Ritesh Mishra|first1=Rajesh Ahuja|title=Sukma attack: 9 CRPF jawans killed in encounter with Maoists after IED blows up truck|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/8-crpf-jawans-killed-in-blast-by-maoists-in-chhattisgarh-s-sukma/story-En00ju2Ta6si6hBYjqpgCL.html|accessdate=14 March 2018|work=Hindustan Times|date=March 13, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=9 government troops killed in Maoist attack in eastern India|url=http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/government-troops-killed-maoist-attack-eastern-india-53702489|accessdate=14 March 2018|work=ABC News|agency=Associated Press|date=March 13, 2018}}</ref><ref name="NDTV">{{cite news|title=Maoist Attack In Chhattisgarh's Sukma: 9 CRPF Personnel Killed, 4 Injured|url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/sukma-attack-live-updates-8-crpf-personnel-killed-in-maoist-attack-1823270|accessdate=14 March 2018|work=NDTV|date=March 14, 2018}}</ref><ref name="Express">{{cite news|title=Chhattisgarh Maoist attack HIGHLIGHTS: 9 CRPF personnel killed in IED blast|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/india/chhattisgarh-crpf-personnel-naxal-attack-sukma-district-killed-injured-5096179/|accessdate=14 March 2018|work=The Indian Express|date=March 13, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Sukma Attack: 9 CRPF Jawans Dead, CM Says Attack Was out of Panic|url=https://www.thequint.com/news/hot-news/crpf-jawans-killed-maoist-attack-sukma|accessdate=14 March 2018|work=The Quint}}</ref> |
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==Background== |
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The attack came almost eleven days after Indian security personnel killed 10 alleged Naxalites in the state. It also came almost a year after at least 25 CRPF personnel were ] in one of the deadliest attacks by Maoist rebels.<ref name=TOI/> |
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==Reaction== |
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Indian Prime Minister ] in a tweet saluted the CRPF personnel who were killed in the attack and said that, "the nation stands shoulder to shoulder" with the families and friends of those killed "in this hour of grief".<ref>{{cite news|title=PM salutes CRPF men killed in Sukma blast|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/pti-feed/story/pm-salutes-crpf-men-killed-in-sukma-blast-1188903-2018-03-13|accessdate=14 March 2018|work=India Today|agency=PTI|date=13 March 2018}}</ref> |
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