HYDERABAD, India — Supporters of a lawmaker slain by Maoist insurgents in southern India on Sunday attacked two police stations in anger over the killing, setting fire to one and vandalizing the other, police said. The killings were the latest in a long-simmering conflict between the Communist Party of India Maoist group and the Indian government. In March, at least 10 members of the Maoist party were killed in a major operation by police in Telangana state, which neighbours Andhra Pradesh in southern India. Although no one has claimed responsibility for Sunday’s attack, the shooting bears all the signs of the Maoist group, Sharma said. Vara Vara Rao, a revolutionary poet, is among five still being held under house arrest on allegations that he was part of a plot to assassinate Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Source: National Post September 23, 2018 09:35 UTC