NEW DELHI, March 3 (UPI) -- India says incidents of Maoist violence in various parts of the country increased in 2007 compared with the previous year.
Junior Interior Minister Sriprakash Jaiswal said in a statement Monday there were 1,565 incidents and 696 causalities in 2001, compared with 1,509 incidents and 678 causalities in 2006.
He said rebels have been targeting road and rail transport facilities and power-transmission facilities.
Maoists are fighting to replace India's democratically elected government with a Maoist state. They are active in seven states across India and have made major inroads in two of those states: Chhattisgarh and Jharkhand.
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