Maoists blast school building in Bihar

Armed Maoists detonated dynamites to blow up a school building at Jurati village in Bihar's Aurangabad district early on Tuesday.

Armed Maoists detonated dynamites to blow up a school building at Jurati village in Bihar's Aurangabad district early on Tuesday.

Around 200 ultras surrounded the state-run school and triggered blasts partially damaging its building, police said.

A police patrol soon arrived and engaged the ultras in an encounter for more than two hours. Police recovered two can bombs, cable wires, several police uniforms besides Naxal literature from the spot.

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