ABOUT 300 MAOISTS ATTACKED A REFUGEE CAMP IN THE RESTIVE CENTRAL INDIAN STATE OF CHHATTISGARH ON SATURDAY AND SHOT DEAD FOUR PEOPLE AND WOUNDED FIVE OTHERS, A SENIOR MINISTER SAID. THOSE KILLED WERE SPECIAL POLICE OFFICERS (SPOS), A RANK GIVEN BY THE STATE GOVERNMENT TO SURRENDERED MAOISTS TO FIGHT THEIR FORMER COLLEAGUES, THE STATE'S HOME (INTERIOR) MINISTER, RAMVICHAR NETAM, TOLD REUTERS. IT WAS NOT IMMEDIATELY KNOWN IF THE WOUNDED INCLUDED SPOS. THE CAMP, IN A VILLAGE IN THE REBEL HUB OF DANTEWADA, ABOUT 500 KM (310 MILES) SOUTH OF THE STATE CAPITAL RAIPUR, HOUSES SPOS AND VILLAGERS WHO HAVE FLED THEIR HOMES UNDER MAOIST THREAT.
