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Landmine Explodes in India, 20 Dead

A land mine exploded under a passenger bus Monday as it traveled through a dense forest in southern India, killing at least 20 people, police said.

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A land mine exploded under a passenger bus Monday as it traveled through a dense forest in southern India, killing at least 20 people, police said.

The bus was completely destroyed in the attack, about 125 miles north of Hyderabad, the capital of Andhra Pradesh state. After the blast, the attackers opened fire on the flaming wreckage, apparently mistaking it for a police transport, said Gautam Swang, deputy inspector-general of the district police.

No police were aboard the bus, said Swang. "The extremists have committed a ghastly mistake," he said.

He said the bus was carrying more than 40 passengers and that at least 20 had been killed. The survivors, including many critically injured, were taken to the nearest village, but there was no doctor there to treat them, he said.

Source: Agencies

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