India elections: Maoist rebels kill 14

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Maoist rebels have killed 14 people in two poll-related blasts in an insurgency-hit region of central India.

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Most of those killed on Saturday were charged with ensuring election voter safety or other polling-related tasks.

Seven polling officials died when Maoists blew up their bus in the state of Chhattisgarh, senior police officer Gurjinder Pal Singh said on Saturday. Five others were injured.

"The Maoists triggered the landmine blasts," said Singh, a key official in ensuring election safety in the state.

Five security men who were carrying out an election safety sweep and who hitched a ride in an ambulance were killed in another landmine blast.

The ambulance driver and a paramedic were also killed in that blast, which created a huge crater. Four men were injured two "very seriously", Singh said.

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The blasts, less than an hour apart, came days after Maoist rebels killed three soldiers guarding polling officials in Chhattisgarh in a gunbattle.

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