| 2010 Dantewada bus bombing
Dantewada
Dantewada (India)
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| 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] |
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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.