Maoist Rebels Threaten To Derail Indian Elections

A passenger train that was hijacked arrives at the Daltangunj railway station. Photo: REUTERS

From The Telegraph:

A growing insurgency by Maoist rebels in India is threatening to derail the country's parliamentary elections with a series of co-ordinated attacks.

They have unleashed a campaign of terror in four states in the south and east of the country where they have threatened election officials, security personnel and voters who defy their call for a poll boycott.

The campaign intensified yesterday when 250 rebels, known locally as 'Naxalites' hijacked a train and held 500 passengers hostage for four hours before releasing them unharmed.

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My Comment: India and its democratic institutions are always a sight to see. How to get a country with a billion plus population to vote must be an incredible thing to see .... as for the Maoist .... they will try but I doubt that they will be successful.