At least 12 Central Reserve Police Force jawans were killed on Monday in an ambush by suspected naxalites in Bijapur district of Chhattisgarh.
One of the attackers was also killed in the exchange of fire that followed, according to CRPF officers in New Delhi.
Jawans belonging to the 170 Battalion of the force who were on duty were fired upon by the ultras and the resulting skirmish left at least 12 personnel dead, they said.
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