Maoist rebels kidnapped and killed six villagers in a thickly forested part of central India, alleging that the men were police informants, an official was quoted as saying Sunday by the Associated Press. The bodies of the six men, whose throats were slit, were found on Sunday, a day after they were killed, said R.K. Vij, a senior police official of Chattisgarh state. They had been kidnapped from their village in the state's Rajnandgoan district on Thursday. The area is about 40 miles (70 kilometers) west of state capital Raipur. The Maoist rebels in the state killed 76 paramilitary soldiers in a major attack on April 6, and earlier this month they killed eight paramilitary troops.
