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IED event in Odisha, Malkangiri area, India on Wed 11th October 2023

11th October 2023

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Border Security Force (BSF) personnel on Tuesday recovered bombs dumped in a forest in Odisha’s Malkangiri district during an anti-Maoist operation, thus averting a major explosion. The explosives were randomly placed underground reportedly by Maoists to cause extensive casualty at the Kamarguda forest under the Padia police limits in the Left Wing Extremism (LWE)-affected region. According to reports, the BSF 142 Battalion personnel found five powerful improvised explosive devices (IEDs) during a combing operation at the forest and successfully defused the bombs to avert a major Maoist menace.

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