Maoists blast school building in Bihar

March 26, 2011 12:09 am | Updated 12:09 am IST - Aurangabad (Bihar):

Maoists blasted a State-run school at a village in Bihar's Aurangabad district, police said.

Over 50 ultras surrounded the school building in Tetrain village under Deo police station area and triggered a dynamite blast to blow it up on Thursday night, they said.

Three rooms of the school building were destroyed in the blast, they said.

A powerful bomb was also recovered from adjoining Yadupur village where the Naxalites blew up a school building last year.

Raids are on in the area to nab the ultras.

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