2010 Dantewada bus bombing

2010 Dantewada bus bombing
Dantewada
Dantewada (India)
Location Dantewada district, India
Coordinates 18.88953,81.349831
Date 17 May 2010 (UTC+5:30)
Attack type Bombing
Weapon(s) Improvised explosive device (IED) or anti-tank mine
Deaths 31-44
Injured 15[1]

The 2010 Dantewada bus bombing occurred on 17 May 2010 when a bus hit a landmine 50 km away from Dantewada, in Chhattisgarh's Dantewada district. Fatalities reports range from 31[2] to 44[3], including several Special Police Officers (SPOs) and civilians.[4][5]

It was the first Naxal attack to target a civilian bus.[6] The attack occurred one month after Dantewada witnessed the worst-ever massacre of CRPF jawans, when 76 troops were killed in the April 2010 Maoist attack in Dantewada.

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