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  • 11 killed in Naxal ambush
  • 50-kg IED used by Naxals: reports
  • Cops were in the rented van: reports

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Police team on anti-naxal operation was travelling in rented van: reports

The vehicle that offered no ballistic protection may have been flung as far as 20 feet due to the blast, the NDTV report said. 

Police team on anti-naxal operation was travelling in rented van: reports

Ten police personnel and a driver were killed after Naxals blew up the vehicle in which they were travelling in Chhattisgarh's Dantewada district on Wednesday.

According to a report by NDTV, a powerful 50-kg improvised explosive device was used by Naxals.

The report added that the officers of the District Reserve Guard, who were on an anti-naxal operation, were travelling in a rented van. The vehicle that offered no ballistic protection may have been flung as far as 20 feet due to the blast, the NDTV report said.

Visuals show a huge crater, almost 10-feet deep, splitting the road at the site.

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