3 hacked to death by naxalites

Jagdalpur, Apr 8 (UNI) Three villagers were hacked to death and three others seriously injured by naxalites at village Mallaram near Gangalur in Chhattisgarh's Dantewada district today, police said.

Antagonised over the participation of the villagers in the anti-naxal 'Salwa Judum' movement, the naxalites be sieged the village this morning and killed three people with sharp-edged weapons. They were identified as Lodha Hemla, Amlu Hemla and Krishnarao, police said.

The injured had been admitted to Gangalur hospital, police added.

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