2017 Sukma attack
| Sukma attack | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Part of the Naxalite-Maoist insurgency | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Communist Party of India (Maoist) | India | ||||||
| Units involved | |||||||
| Central Reserve Police Force | |||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 300 | 99 | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 3 killed | 26 killed | ||||||
The Sukma attack was an ambush carried out by the Communist Party of India (Maoist) against Indian paramilitary forces on 24 April 2017, during the Naxalite-Maoist insurgency. It was the largest ambush since a similar attack in 2010, in the neighbouring district of Dantewada.
The ambush took place between Burkapal and Chintagufa in Sukma district of Chhattisgarh, India. A group of 300 Maoists attacked a 99-member troop of the Central Reserve Police Force. Three Maoists and 25 police personnel were killed in the ensuing firefight.