7 policemen killed in landmine blast in Odisha

In Odisha, seven police personnel were killed and six others injured in a landmine blast suspected to have been carried out by Maoists in Koraput district close to Andhra Pradesh border. Police said, the blast took place yesterday evening when a van carrying 13 jawans of Odisha State Armed Police flung off the road due to



the explosion of an IED reportedly planted by Maoists. The place where the blast occurred is about 2 kilometers from Sunki in Koraput district, on Jagdalpur-Vishakhapatnam National Highway. The injured police personnel were taken to hospitals in Koraput in Odisha and Visakhapatanam in Andhra Pradesh.