Naxal Attack in Chhattisgarh: In an attack by Naxalites in Chhattisgarh s Narayanpur district, a Chhattisgarh Armed Force jawan from the 9th battalion was killed, and another sustained minor injuries. The security personnel, engaged in an operation, faced an improvised explosive device (IED) blast and gunfire, resulting in an encounter.
Dantewada blast: Safely detonated from 200-300 metres, command or wired IED is the Naxals’ most common attack strategy, one that has been replicated by terrorists in Kashmir as well. The foxhole mechanism of burying the explosives makes them near undetectable, as in the case of the recent Dantewada blast