Maoist rebels kill 10 policemen in eastern India

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BHUBANESHWAR, India (Reuters) - Ten policemen were killed when their car struck a land cave planted by Maoist rebels in eastern India, officials pronounced on Sunday.

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The conflict in forested Koraput district of mineral-rich Orissa state, about 550 kms (340 miles) southwest of the state collateral Bhubaneshwar, took place when security crew were on a unit as piece of operations opposite the insurgents, they said.

"We are confirming ten deaths, but it might go up" comparison military central Sanjeeb Panda Panda told Reuters.

The Maoists have stepped up attacks in reply to an descent that began late last year, that Indian officials contend has for the initial time enervated the decades-old movement.

(Reporting by Jatindra Das; Editing by David Fox)

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