Fifteen policemen died when a police vehicle drove over a land mine in eastern India Saturday, police said. Maoist rebels were suspected to have planted the mine on a road leading to Baniadih, a remote village in Jharkhand state, police superintendent Sudarshan Mandal said. At least 15 policemen, including two senior officers, died in the explosion, Mandal was quoted as saying by The Associated Press. He said the policemen were about to raid a village where rebels were believed to be hiding when the explosion happened. There were no immediate claims of responsibility for the attack.
