Rebels among 300 who escaped from India jail
Nearly 300 prisoners, including 40 communist rebels, escaped from an Indian jail last night after inmates overpowered prison guards during dinner.
The escape is the latest in a series of spectacular attacks staged by India's "Naxalite" Maoist rebels who have waged a 40-year insurgency in the country's restive eastern states.
"The inmates overpowered the prison guards and escaped amid a hail of gunfire," said Rahul Sharma, the local superintendent of police for Dantewada Prison, in the eastern state of Chhattisgarh.
Mr Sharma said the escape was a "premeditated conspiracy".
It was suggested that some prison guards must have helped the rebels.
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