Suspected rebels kill five in ambush in India

Suspected insurgents ambushed a government vehicle and shot three paramilitary soldiers dead, along with one Election Commission official and their civilian driver in India’s troubled north east today, police said.

The five were returning to the Ukhrul district headquarters in Manipur state with voting machines used a day earlier at a nearby polling station for the state legislature elections, said Dorji Lathu, the superintendent of police.