Suspected rebels kill 5 Indian security personnel

Suspected Maoist insurgents ambushed and killed five security personnel in an eastern India rebel stronghold on Sunday, police said.

The suspected rebels struck while the security personnel were searching for insurgents in a forested area in Kanker district of Chhattisgarh state, about 625 miles (1,000 kilometers) southeast of New Delhi, said Vishwaranjan, the state police chief. The officer uses only one name. (AP)