PATNA: Maoist rebels killed six policemen Friday in a landmine attack in the eastern Indian state of Bihar, the second deadly ambush by the insurgents against security forces in recent weeks, police said.
"The Maoists targeted a convoy heading out on patrol duty killing six policemen in Gaya district," district police chief N. H. Khan told AFP by telephone.
A villager was also killed in the attack and police have begun a hunt for the attackers, Khan said.
The attack is the latest in a simmering conflict that pits the left-wing insurgents against local and national authorities in the forests and rural areas of mainly central and eastern India.