April 24 (UPI) -- Indian police said suspected Maoist militants killed at least 25 security personnel and injured six others deployed in the state of Chhattisgarh in an ambush on Monday.
Witnesses said up to 300 rebels carried out the attack. Maoists in India -- known as Naxals or Naxalites -- support the Communist Party of India and seek to impose communist rule and advocate fighting for greater rights for tribal people and the rural poor.