May 17, 2010 7:26 PM

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40 persons including jawans feared killed in fresh naxal attack in Dantewada

At least 40 persons including jawans were feared killed in a major naxal attack in Dantewada district of Chhattisgarh. <br/><br/>Early reports say that a civilian bus was targeted in a landmine blast that took place this evening. <br/><br/>The bus was on its way from Sukma to Dantewada. The victims included Special Police Officers.<br/> <br/>The attack comes nearly a month after the Maoists gunned down 75 security personnel in Dantewada district in a deadliest attack on security forces. <br/>The centre has strongly condemned the naxal attack on a civilian bus in Chattisgarh today. <br/><br/>According to an official spokesman most of those killed were civilians. There was no CRPF personnel in the bus.<br/><br/><br/>

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