| Sukma attack | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Part of the Naxalite-Maoist insurgency | |||||
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| Belligerents | |||||
 Communist Party of India (Maoist) |
 India | ||||
| Units involved | |||||
| Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) | |||||
| Strength | |||||
| 100[1] | |||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||
|
9 killed 6 wounded | |||||
On 13 March 2018, at least nine Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel were killed and six others were injured when Maoists blew up a mine-protected vehicle with an IED in Sukma district, Chhattisgarh, India.[2][3][4][5][6][7]
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