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             Maoist Attack in India Kills Congress Party Officials

   A Maoist rebel attack in eastern India has killed at least 27 people,
   including several local officials of the country`s ruling Congress
   party.
   Authorities say a large number of rebels on Saturday attacked a
   Congress party convoy in the densely forested Sukma area of
   Chhattisgarh state. Dozens of people were wounded.
   Among those killed was state party official Mahendra Karma, who had
   founded a local militia (Salwa Judum) to combat Maoist rebels. Also
   killed were state Congress party chief Nand Kumar Patel and his son.
   The Congress party is the main opposition party in the state, which
   holds elections later this year.
   The attack took place late in the afternoon Saturday as the convoy was
   returning to the state capital from a political rally.
   Congress party President Sonia Gandhi has condemned what she called an
   attack on India`s democratic values. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has
   vowed that the government will take firm action against those
   responsible for the attack.
   The rebels have been fighting the central government for more than four
   decades, demanding land and jobs for tenant farmers and the poor.
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