Kumar was among 25 Indian paramilitary soldiers who were killed by Maoist rebels in central India on Monday in one of the worst attacks on the country’s security forces in recent years. (Ashwini Bhatia/Associated Press)PALAMPUR, India — Women wailed as Indian soldiers carried a flag-draped coffin holding the body of one of their colleagues killed this week in a deadly ambush by autonomy-seeking Maoist rebels. The attack, which killed 25 soldiers, has raised fears that the five-decade insurgency is seeing a revival. This year is already one of the bloodiest in recent years, with 72 soldiers killed in the rebel heartland of Chhattisgarh. Before this year, the deadliest Maoist attack was in 2010, when rebels killed 76 soldiers in Chhattisgarh, one of India’s poorest states despite vast mineral riches.

Source: Washington Post April 26, 2017 09:00 UTC