India rebels hijack train
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Oluşturulma Tarihi: Nisan 23, 2009 00:00
RANCHI - Maoist rebels, some armed with bows and arrows, briefly hijacked a train with around 500 passengers in eastern India yesterday in a show of strength on the eve of the second stage of India's general election.
About 300 Maoists boarded the train and forced the driver at gunpoint to take it to Latehar station in a remote area around 100 miles west of Ranchi, the capital of Jharkhand, before they fled nearly four hours later. "All the passengers have been released and they are safe," Sarvendu Tathagat, a local official in Jharkhand, said. "They left the train and fled into the jungles."
Maoist rebels, who say they are fighting for the rights of landless laborers and poor farmers, have stepped up attacks in their strongholds in central and eastern India during the election.
Maoist rebels, who say they are fighting for the rights of landless laborers and poor farmers, have stepped up attacks in their strongholds in central and eastern India during the election.