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| conflict = Sukma attack<br />
| partof = the [[Naxalite-Maoist insurgency]]<br />
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| date = 24 April 2017<br />
| place = [[Sukma district]], [[India]]<br />
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| combatant1 = {{flagicon image|South Asian Communist Banner.svg}} [[Communist Party of India (Maoist)]]<br />
| combatant2 = {{flag|India}}<br />
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| units2 = [[Central Reserve Police Force]]<br />
| strength1 = 300<br />
| strength2 = 99<br />
| casualties1 = 3 – 4 killed<br />
| casualties2 = 26 killed<br />
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| campaignbox = {{Campaignbox Naxalite insurgency}}{{Campaignbox India terrorism}}<br />
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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 [[April 2010 Maoist attack in Dantewada|similar attack in 2010]], in the neighbouring district of [[Dantewada district|Dantewada]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2017/04/chhattisgarh-suspected-maoist-rebels-kill-12-soldiers-170424124924656.html|title='Maoists' kill 25 troops in worst attack in seven years|publisher=Al Jazeera|date=25 April 2017}}</ref><br />
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The ambush took place between Burkapal and Chintagufa in [[Sukma district]] of [[Chhattisgarh]], [[India]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/defence/24-jawans-killed-in-encounter-with-maoists-in-chhattisgarhs-sukma/articleshow/58343332.cms|title=Over 24 CRPF jawans killed in worst Maoist attack in years – The Economic Times|work=The Economic Times|access-date=24 April 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/11-jawans-killed-in-encounter-with-maoists-in-chhattisgarhs-sukma/articleshow/58342994.cms|title=26 jawans killed as Maoists attack CRPF team in Chhattisgarh's Sukma|work=The Times of India|access-date=24 April 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/naxalites-attack-crpf-camp-chhattisgarh-sukma-jawans/1/936827.html|title=Sukma attack: 26 CRPF jawans killed, worst Naxal attack in years|last=Agarwal|first=Nikhil|date=24 April 2017|work=[[India Today]]|access-date=24 April 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.ndtv.com/india-news/11-crpf-personnel-killed-in-encounter-with-naxals-in-chhattisgarhs-sukma-1685343|title=Sukma Attack: 26 CRPF Personnel Dead in Encounter With Maoists|last=Prabhu|first=Sunil|date=24 April 2017|work=[[NDTV]]|access-date=24 April 2017|last2=Sanyal|first2=Anindita}}</ref> A group of 300 [[Maoism|Maoists]] attacked a 99-member troop of the [[Central Reserve Police Force]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.firstpost.com/india/all-you-need-to-know-about-naxal-attack-in-sukmas-chhattisgarh-300-maoist-guerillas-attacked-99-member-crpf-troop-3402786.html|title=Naxal attack in Chhattisgarh's Sukma: How 300 Maoists attacked 99-member CRPF troop|date=25 April 2017|work=Firstpost|access-date=24 November 2017|language=en-US}}</ref> Three Maoists and 25 police personnel were killed in the ensuing firefight.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2017/04/chhattisgarh-suspected-maoist-rebels-kill-12-soldiers-170424124924656.html|title='Maoists' kill 25 troops in worst attack in seven years|website=www.aljazeera.com|access-date=24 November 2017}}</ref><br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[April 2010 Maoist attack in Dantewada]]<br />
* [[2013 Naxal attack in Darbha valley]]<br />
* [[2021 Sukma-Bijapur attack]]<br />
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