Rebels raid coal survey team

Naxalite rebels attacked a survey team of the Mineral Exploration Corporation of India in the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, setting fire to four vehicles and damaging two drilling rigs.

No staff member was harmed in the attack.

The rebels from the left-wing People's War Group (PWG) left a note which said the raid - by about 40 of its armed activists - was in revenge for the killing one of its leaders, Allam Naga Satyam, by police 10 days ago.

Security for multi-national companies operating in the state had recently been increased following an attack on a Coca Cola bottling plant last Sunday

From the newsroom of the BBC World Service