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{{Infobox civilian attack<br />
| title= 2010 Dantewada bus bombing<br />
{{Location map|India|label=Dantewada|mark=Green_pog.svg|lat=18.83|long=81.36|width=250|float=center}}<br />
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| location = Dantewada district, India<br />
| coordinates = 18.88953,81.349831 <br />
| date= 17 May 2010<br />
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| timezone=[[UTC+5:30]]<br />
| type=[[Bombing]]<br />
| fatalities = 31-44<br />
| injuries= 15<ref>{{cite news| url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-05-18/india/28309091_1_spos-chhattisgarh-s-dantewada-bastar | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110811065652/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-05-18/india/28309091_1_spos-chhattisgarh-s-dantewada-bastar | url-status=dead | archive-date=11 August 2011 | work=[[The Times of India]] | title=15 Dantewada victims battle for life | date=18 May 2010}}</ref><br />
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|weapons= [[Improvised explosive device|Improvised explosive device (IED)]] or [[anti-tank mine]]<br />
}}<br />
{{Campaignbox Naxalite insurgency}}<br />
{{Terrorist attacks in India (since 2001)}}<br />
The '''2010 Dantewada bus bombing''' occurred on 17 May 2010 when a bus hit a landmine 50&nbsp;km away from [[Dantewada]], in [[Chhattisgarh]]'s [[Dantewada district]]. Fatalities reports range from 31<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ndtv.com/news/india/dantewada-bus-blast-toll-30-pm-to-review-naxal-strategy-26185.php?u=1439|title=Stone-pelters kill 11-day-old infant in Kashmir|work=NDTV.com|accessdate=7 December 2014}}</ref> to 44,<ref>{{cite news| url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-05-18/india/28306798_1_abjure-violence-maoists-dantewada | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110811065659/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-05-18/india/28306798_1_abjure-violence-maoists-dantewada | url-status=dead | archive-date=11 August 2011 | work=[[The Times of India]] | title=Talks with Maoists if they suspend violence: Chidambaram | date=18 May 2010}}</ref> including several Special Police Officers (SPOs) and civilians.<ref>{{cite news|title=Naxals blow up bus near Dantewada, 50 feared killed|url=http://www.ndtv.com/news/india/naxals-blow-up-bus-near-dantewada-50-feared-killed-26110.php|date=17 May 2010|agency=[[NDTV]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ndtv.com/news/india/dantewada-bus-blast-toll-30-pm-to-review-naxal-strategy-26185.php?u=1439|title=Stone-pelters kill 11-day-old infant in Kashmir|work=NDTV.com|accessdate=7 December 2014}}</ref><br />
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It was the first Naxal attack to target a civilian bus.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/Naxal-attack-in-Dantewada-kills-civilians-too-40-dead/H1-Article3-544880.aspx|title=Maoists blow up private bus in Dantewada, kill 36 - Hindustan Times|author=Hindustan Times|work=hindustantimes.com/|accessdate=7 December 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110929105228/http://www.hindustantimes.com/Naxal-attack-in-Dantewada-kills-civilians-too-40-dead/H1-Article3-544880.aspx|archive-date=2011-09-29|url-status=dead}}</ref> The attack occurred one month after Dantewada witnessed the worst-ever massacre of CRPF jawans, when 76 troops were killed in the [[April 2010 Maoist attack in Dantewada]].<br />
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