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Maoist Train Hijackers End Siege in India

300 passengers freed

By Mary Papenfuss,  Newser Staff

Posted Apr 22, 2009 3:31 AM CDT
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(Newser) – Suspected Maoist rebels who hijacked an India train ended a four-hour standoff with authorities and released 300 passengers, reports CNN. No one was injured. Hundreds of men surrounded and disabled the train as it traveled through a forest in the state of Jharkhand early today. Rebel attacks in the area have mounted as India's month-long elections get underway.

Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati waves during an election campaign in Calcutta yesterday as India's national elections, which began last week, take place over five phases until May 13.
Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati waves during an election campaign in Calcutta yesterday as India's national elections, which began last week, take place over five phases until May 13.   (AP Photo/Sucheta Das)
Map locates Jharkhand state, where rebels hijacked a train carrying 300 passengers.
Map locates Jharkhand state, where rebels hijacked a train carrying 300 passengers.
A boy stands outside the Utari Road railway station building damaged in an explosion after an attack by suspected Maoist rebels in Jharkhand state, India, yesterday.
A boy stands outside the Utari Road railway station building damaged in an explosion after an attack by suspected Maoist rebels in Jharkhand state, India, yesterday.   (AP Photo/Sasanka Sen)
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