Naxal attack in Chhattisgarh leaves 15 CPRF jawans dead 5 Photos . Updated: 12 Mar 2014, 01:08 PM IST Livemint Weeks before the Lok Sabha elections, Maoists on Tuesday killed 15 CPRF personnel and a civilian on the border of Bastar and Sukma districts in Chhattisgarh. In pictures: the aftermath of the massacre 1/5Bodies of paramilitary soldiers killed in the ambush lie on the ground outside a police station in Sukma district, Chhattisgarh on 11 March. Maoist rebels ambushed soldiers in a brazen daytime attack on their camp on Tuesday. AP 2/5Charred vehicles after the ambush in Sukma district. A 50-member joint team of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) and the state police was ambushed by 70-100 well-armed Naxals leading to a three-hour gun battle in which 15 jawans and a civilian were killed. AP 3/5Medics in Raipur attend to a paramilitary soldier injured in the ambush. The attack took place just 8 km from Jheeram Gath where 26 people, including several prominent leaders of the Congress, were massacred by Naxals ten months ago. AP 4/5A man’s body is lifted onto the back of a truck after the ambush. The attack has sparked fears of more such strikes ahead of and during the forthcoming Lok Sabha polls. AP 5/5Maoists looted weapons from the dead soldiers after the attack, and also planted a bomb beneath the body of a security personnel to target those trying to remove the body later. Reuters