Three people died in a landmine blast in Orissa
Three persons died in an incident of blast in Orissa’s Kandhamal district. Police said at least three people killed including a woman health worker. It is suspected Maoists blew up an ambulance, triggering a landmine, said police.
At Brahmanigaon, about 150 km away from the district headquarters of Phulbani, the landmine blast took place on Saturday night in a hilly and forested area. A police official said, when the victims were on their way to a nearby village.
Director General of Police Manmohan Praharaj told PTI, “We have received information about the death of three persons in a landmine explosion that blew up an ambulance in Brahmanigaon area of Kandhamal late last night.”
Deputy Inspector General of Police (Southern Range), R K Sharma said, “The explosion, which took place near a culvert at Pangdugaon, about 300 km from here, killed a woman health worker, a patient and the ambulance driver.”
Recently suspected Maoists killed a contractor in the area Nov 25.
On Aug 23, 2008 after the murder of Vishwa Hindu Parishad leader Swami Laxmanananda Saraswati and four of his aides at his ashram. Kandhamal about 200 km away from Bhubaneswar, faced a widespread violence there.
