Woman ultra killed, school building damaged

Ranchi, Apr 30 (UNI) In two seperate incidents of naxal violence in Jharkhand in the past 24 hours, a woman ultra was killed in an encounter with police in the Garhwa district last night while extremists damaged a school building by a powerful bomb blast in Giridih district today.

Police said the ultras damaged the school building, which was often used as temporary police picket, through a blast. However, no casualty was reported in the incident as the police party staying in the school was called back to the district headquarters yesterday.

In another incident, a women ultra was killed in an encounter with security forces in the Sukhnadi village under Manjhiaon police station area of Garhwa district last evening. A large quantity of explosives, ammunition and other material were recovered from the spot.

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