3 cops die, 17 hurt, 8 missing after naxal attack

Kanker, Chhattisgarh, Apr 26 (UNI) Three police personnel were killed, 17 injured -- three of them critically -- and eight went missing after naxals triggered a landmine and then opened fire at about 0700 hrs this evening near Mijgaon on this district's Pankhajur-Durgakondal road, police said quoting preliminary reports.

The personnel were returning from Pankhajur in a bus, carrying a total of 28 people, when the attack took place 150 km from here.

An assistant sub-inspector, constable and the driver were killed.

Senior officers rushed to the spot along with a force. Arrangements were being made to convey the injured to hospital.

UNI