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Maoists
blow up ambulance, five killed
Sunday November 28, 2010 06:57:53 PM , IANS
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Bhubaneswar:
Five people, including two women and a child, were killed when
Maoists blew up the ambulance they were travelling in in Orissa's
Kandhamal district, police said Sunday.
The landmine blast took place Saturday night in a hilly and
forested area near Brahmanigaon, some 350 km from here.
The ambulance was on a culvert when it was blasted off. The
victims were on way to their home near Brahmanigaon after
admitting a pregnant woman in a government hospital in
neighbouring Ganjam district.
"Two women, a three-year-old girl and two men, including the
driver, were killed," Superintendent of Police S. Praveen Kumar
told IANS.
One of the dead women was a health worker, he said.
"The explosion was so powerful that it created a large hole on the
road," he said, adding that the bodies have been taken for
autopsy.
The latest attack comes after the Maoists killed a contractor in
the area Thursday.
Kandhamal witnessed widespread violence after the murders of
Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) leader Swami Laxmanananda Saraswati
and four of his aides at his ashram Aug 23, 2008.
At least 38 people were killed and over 25,000 Christians were
forced to flee their homes after their houses were attacked by
mobs that held Christians responsible for Saraswati's killing,
although the police blamed the Maoists.
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