Indian government troops scoured forests in eastern India for Maoist rebels Monday and reported killing up to 20 of them since the militants launched a coordinated wave of attacks on government targets late last week.
Three security personnel also have been killed in gunbattles with the rebels, known as the Naxalites, since Saturday evening.
The skirmishes follow the carefully coordinated rebel attacks Friday night on four police stations, a training academy and an armory in Orissa state's Nayagarh district, that killed 13 police officers, a village guard and a civilian.
"We have received reports of the elimination of 20 Maoists. The reports …
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