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Maoists blow up DD tower in Vizag
Source: PTI July 12, 2007 09:37 IST
Maoists blew up a Doordarshan tower in a remote village in Visakhapatinam district, a senior police officer said on Thursday.
About 150 naxalites, including over 40 armed men, attacked the tower in Chintapalli, a remote village which is about 850 km from Hyderabad, and blew it up using detonators late on Wednesday night.
A government quarters situated near the tower was also blasted by the naxals, the officer told PTI in Hyderabad.
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