New Delhi, July 14: Naxals on an average kill at least three persons in as many as six attacks every day.
In the first six months of this year, Maoists carried out a total of 1,103 attacks, in which a total of 534 people were killed.
This was disclosed by Home Minister P Chidambaram while speaking at a meeting of chief ministers to discuss the situation arising out of Maoist violence in the country.
In the first half of the year, Maoists perpetrated 1,103 incidents of violence, which turns out to be over six attacks a day.
According to the data presented by the home minister, the extremists have killed 325 civilians and 209 security personnel during this period, which is equivalent to three killings daily.
Among the civilians killed by Naxals, 142 were dubbed as police informers — a trend which saw 500 civilian killings on average every year between 2004 and 2008.
–Agencies