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10 policemen die in blast

GUNTUR, AUG. 20.In a major strike by naxalites, ten policemen were killed and two others seriously injured in a landmine blast triggered by the outlawed People's War Group near Remidicherla village in Guntur district of Andhra Pradesh today.

A jeep, carrying the police party drafted for security arrangements for the local bodies elections, was proceeding to a nearby village when the blast occurred, police said.

- PTI

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