Five Pakistani soldiers killed in landmine blast

September 29th, 2009 MANILA - Two US servicemen and Filipino marine soldier in southern Philippines were killed Tuesday when their Hummer jeep hit a landmine, an official said. Two people were wounded in the blast near a marine detachment in Indanan town of Sulu province Tuesday morning, chief military spokesperson Lt.

June 13th, 2009 RANCHI - Keeping up their attacks on security forces in Jharkhand, in which 24 policemen have been killed since Wednesday, Maoists Saturday ambushed a patrol in the state's Khuti district, injuring three policemen in a landmine blast. "Three policemen have been injured in a landmine blast near Rania block of Khuti district," Ranchi range's Deputy Inspector General of Police Raj Kumar Mallik told IANS.

June 11th, 2009 RANCHI - Three security personnel were injured in a landmine blast in Jharkhand's West Singhbhum district Wednesday, police said. The blast was triggered by Maoist guerrillas around 8.30 a.m.

June 10th, 2009 RANCHI - At least 11 security personnel were killed and six injured in a landmine blast in Jharkhand's West Singhbhum district Wednesday, police said. The blast was triggered by guerrillas of the banned Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) around 8.30 a.m.

May 11th, 2009 DHAMTARI - Two policemen were killed and five others injured in a landmine blast in Chhattisgarh's Dhamtari District on Monday. According to police, the blast took place when the Naxals blew up a police vehicle carrying the personnel in Risgaon village under Sihawa police station area.

April 30th, 2009 KOLKATA - One paramilitary trooper was injured in a landmine explosion in West Bengal's Maoist-hit Purulia district while the Lok Sabha polls were underway Thursday, the police said. 'One central paramilitary force jawan was injured in a low-intensity landmine blast in Balarampur area.

April 30th, 2009 KOLKATA - Two civilians were killed and a paramilitary trooper was injured Thursday when landmines, planted by suspected Maoist guerrillas to disrupt elections, went off in West Bengal's Maoist-affected districts. Two civilians were killed in a landmine explosion targeting poll officials, who were returning from a forest area in the violence-hit West Midnapore district in the evening, Inspector General (Law and Order) Raj Kanojia told IANS.

April 21st, 2009 JAMMU - At least five civilians, including a woman, were killed in a powerful landmine blast planted by suspected militants in Jammu and Kashmir Tuesday, two days ahead of the second phase of Lok Sabha elections, police said. Five people were also injured when the Tata pickup, the victims were travelling in, hit a landmine in mountainous Marha area of Poonch district, about 230 km northwest of Jammu.

April 17th, 2009 RANCHI - A Border Security Force (BSF) trooper accompanying election officials was killed and three were injured when Maoist rebels triggered a landmine blast in Jharkhand Friday, police said. 'The landmine blast took place near Oriya village of Latehar district when security personnel were returning with EVMs (electronic voting machines) after polls,' Jharkhand poice spokesperson S.N.

April 16th, 2009 RANCHI - Six Border Security Force (BSF) personnel going for polling duty were killed in a landmine blast triggered by Maoist rebels in Latehar district of Jharkhand early Thursday, police said. 'Six BSF personnel were killed in a landmine blast in a jungle near Aara village.

April 16th, 2009 RAIPUR - Five polling officials were killed in a landmine blast in Chhattisgarh's Rajnandgaon district while a security personnel was shot dead in the Maoist stronghold of Dantewada as the state went to polls for its 11 parliamentary seats Thursday. Police said five members of a zonal reserve polling team members were killed in a landmine blast detonated by Maoists in Rajnandgaon district, 125 km from here.

March 9th, 2009 RANCHI - Two people were injured in a landmine blast triggered by Maoist rebels in Bokaro district of Jharkhand Sunday, police said. A Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) team was patrolling when suspected rebels of Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) triggered a landmine on a culvert near Kanjgiro village of Bokaro district, around 180 km from here, Sunday afternoon.

February 15th, 2009 BHUBANESWAR - At least 12 security personnel were hurt Monday when their vehicle was blown up by a landmine blast triggered by Maoist rebels in Orissa’s Gajapati district, police said. The landmine went off when the vehicle carrying the personnel of the Special Operations Group (SOG) was passing next to a hill near Andheri village in Gajapati, some 470 km from here.

February 5th, 2009 RANCHI - Five police personnel were injured in a landmine blast by the Maoist rebels in Jharkhand Friday, a police officer said. When the five cops were returning to the Bundu police station, rebels belonging to the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) detonated a landmine near a bridge situated under the Bundu block, around 70 km from here.

January 16th, 2009 RANCHI - Five security personnel were killed and at least two were injured in a landmine blast by Maoist rebels in Jharkhand Saturday, a police officer said. The blast was detonated Saturday afternoon by Maoist rebels between Manika and Patki on the national highway in Latehar district, about 140 km from here.