Five security personnel killed in Maoist blast

Raipur, May 20 (IANS) Five security personnel were killed on Sunday when Maoists detonated an improvised explosive device (IED) in Chhattisgarh’s Dantewada district.

The deafening blast, near Cholnar, targeted a jeep in which seven security personnel were patrolling in a remote area, killing five of them instantly, Deputy Inspector General of Police Vivekanand Sinha told the media. Two others were seriously injured.