On 1 May 2019, a landmine killed 15
Indian police and their driver in
Gadchiroli
Gadchiroli ( ¡É™É–t͡ʃiɾoliË is a city and a municipal council in Gadchiroli district in the state of Maharashtra, central India. It is located on eastern side of Maharashtra, and is the administrative headquarters of the district. Gadchi ...
, state of
Maharashtra
Maharashtra (; , abbr. MH or Maha) is a states and union territories of India, state in the western India, western peninsular region of India occupying a substantial portion of the Deccan Plateau. Maharashtra is the List of states and union te ...
,
India
India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...
. Police have blamed the blast on
Maoist
Maoism, officially called Mao Zedong Thought by the Chinese Communist Party, is a variety of Marxism–Leninism that Mao Zedong developed to realise a socialist revolution in the agricultural, pre-industrial society of the Republic of Ch ...
because they are common in the area. The attack took place after Maoist set 25 vehicles on fire. Hours after the attack Prime Minister
Narendra Modi
Narendra Damodardas Modi (; born 17 September 1950) is an Indian politician serving as the 14th and current Prime Minister of India since 2014. Modi was the Chief Minister of Gujarat from 2001 to 2014 and is the Member of Parliament from ...
condemned the attack.
References
2019 murders in India
Communist terrorism
Mass murder in 2019
May 2019 crimes in Asia
Naxalite–Maoist insurgency
Terrorist incidents in India in 2019
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