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Sukma attack
Part of the Naxalite-Maoist insurgency
Date 13 March 2018 Location Sukma district, India
Belligerents
Communist Party of India (Maoist)	India
Units involved
	Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF)
Strength
100
Casualties and losses
	9 killed

On 13 March 2018, at least nine Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel were killed and six others were injured when Maoists blew their mine-protected vehicle by an IED in Sukma district, Chhattisgarh, India.

Background

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 killed in one of the deadliest attacks by Maoist rebels.

Reaction

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi 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".

References

1. "Sukma Naxal attack: 9 CRPF jawans martyred as 100 Maoists ambush convoy; 'distressing', says Rajnath". Times Now. March 13, 2018. Retrieved 14 March 2018.
2. ^ Drolia, Rashmi (March 14, 2018). "9 CRPF jawans killed in Sukma Maoist attack". Times of India. TNN. Retrieved 14 March 2018.
3. Ritesh Mishra, Rajesh Ahuja (March 13, 2018). "Sukma attack: 9 CRPF jawans killed in encounter with Maoists after IED blows up truck". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 14 March 2018.
4. "9 government troops killed in Maoist attack in eastern India". ABC News. Associated Press. March 13, 2018. Retrieved 14 March 2018.
5. "Maoist Attack In Chhattisgarh's Sukma: 9 CRPF Personnel Killed, 4 Injured". NDTV. March 14, 2018. Retrieved 14 March 2018.
6. "Chhattisgarh Maoist attack HIGHLIGHTS: 9 CRPF personnel killed in IED blast". The Indian Express. March 13, 2018. Retrieved 14 March 2018.
7. "Sukma Attack: 9 CRPF Jawans Dead, CM Says Attack Was out of Panic". The Quint. Retrieved 14 March 2018.
8. "PM salutes CRPF men killed in Sukma blast". India Today. PTI. 13 March 2018. Retrieved 14 March 2018.

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