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6 policemen killed in ambush

PATNA: Naxalites killed six police personnel in an ambush at Nagwan village in Gaya district of Bihar on Thursday and decamped with five rifles.

About a dozen Maoists made an attempt to enter the Punjab National Bank branch in the village and rob it.

The police arrived only to find themselves surrounded by naxalites, who had taken position in the adjoining plateau and forest.A naxalite and a civilian, said to be a bank customer, were also killed in the shootout that followed.

A combing operation have been sealed.

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