MAOIST REBELS IN INDIA SLIT THE THROATS OF 13 OF 40 TRIBAL VILLAGERS ABDUCTED EARLIER THIS WEEK IN THE RESTIVE CENTRAL STATE OF CHHATTISGARH, POLICE SAID ON SATURDAY. THE KILLINGS ARE THE LASTEST IN A SERIES IN SOME OF THE DOZEN OR SO STATES WHERE MAOIST GUERRILLAS OPERATE. THE BODIES WERE FOUND DEEP IN THE FOREST 22 KM (14 MILES) FROM A GOVERNMENT-RUN RELIEF CAMP WHICH WAS NEAR THE SPOT WHERE THE GROUP HAD BEEN TAKEN HOSTAGE AT GUNPOINT IN REVOLT-HIT DANTEWADA DISTRICT. "THE BODIES HAD MULTIPLE WOUNDS AND REBELS KILLED THEM BY SLITTING THEIR THROATS," DISTRICT POLICE CHIEF PRAVEER DAS TOLD REUTERS.
