India Defines Naxalite Rebels as "Terrorists"

2009-11-20 18:21:51 Xinhua Web Editor: Zhang Zhang

The Indian government Friday for the first time defined the country's extreme left-wing rebels or Naxalites as "terrorist", after two persons were killed in an attack by the rebels on a train in the eastern state of Jharkhand Thursday night.

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