Rebels attack village festival in India

Suspected communist rebels attacked a village festival in eastern India with gunfire and bombs today, killing at least 17 people, a news report said.

Rebels attack village festival in India
Sat, 27 Oct, 2007 - 09:58

Suspected communist rebels attacked a village festival in eastern India with gunfire and bombs today, killing at least 17 people, a news report said.

A group of about 25 Maoist rebels attacked a cultural festival in the remote eastern state of Jharkhand this morning, opening fire indiscriminately on the crowd, the Press Trust of India news agency quoted police as saying.

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