Indian Maoists stage deadly raid

Maoist rebels have killed 75 paramilitary police officers in an attack in the central Indian state of Chhattisgarh, government officials say. About 300 fighters are said to have attacked the police from a hilltop on Tuesday in Dantewada district as the police returned from an operation. When reinforcements came to their rescue, hundreds of heavily armed fighters ambushed their bus. "Seventy-five [people] have been killed, and seven [others] injured," G Pillai, the Indian home secretary, said. P Chidambaram, India's interior minister, condemned the attack, saying it showed the "savage nature" of the Maoists. "Something has gone very wrong. They seem to have walked into a camp or a trap," he said, referring to the police force which came under attack.