Indians was killed; Maoist was suspected

There are 24 paramilitary troops and a civilian were killed in an armed
assault on their camp by suspected Maoists in eastern India, a district official
said Tuesday.
The attackers struck India's Eastern Frontier Rifles camp in
West Bengal state's West Midnapore district on Monday.
Top district official
Narayan Swaroop Nigam told CNN that the raiders arrived on different types of
vehicles and that they were equipped with sophisticated self-loading
weapons.
He insisted that Indian troops retaliated with fire. Two attackers
apparently died, but their bodies had not yet been recovered, Nigam
said.
"Security forces have combed the area and a manhunt has been launched,"
he added.
India regards the communist rebels as its gravest internal
security threat. The Maoists, on the other hand, have claimed since the 1960s to
be fighting for the dispossessed.
Just about a week ago, India's Home
Minister P. Chidambaram acknowledged that more than 900 people, including almost
600 civilians, were killed in Maoist-related incidents in 2009. Besides, some
200 suspected rebels were also slain as forces moved into areas under insurgent
control, he said.