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--> }} On 7 April 2015, Andhra Pradesh Police shot twenty suspected woodcutters in the Seshachalam forest in Chittoor District, Andhra Pradesh, India.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Smuggler killed as Andhra Pradesh police battle timber mafia in forest shootout )〕 Red Sanders Anti-Smuggling Task Force DIG Kantha Rao said that the "smugglers" attacked his team with sickles, rods and axes. Asked if the attack could have been quelled without such fatalities, Rao said, "We gave them several warnings but they did not stop attacking us. There were over a hundred of them." Asked how many of his men were grievously injured, he said, "Nobody is seriously hurt from our side. Their superior training saved their lives."〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Red sanders smugglers' killings: 2 encounters, 20 bodies, several unanswered questions )〕 Human rights activists did not believe the police version of the shootings. They say some of the bodies had burn marks and others had bullet injuries in the chest and head. Witnesses said that some of those killed were pulled off a bus by the policemen.〔 == Incident == The incident occurred at two places Eetagunta and Vachindou Banda in Seshachalam forest area of Chandragiri mandal in Chittoor.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Police encounter in Chittoor: Nearly 20 sandalwood smugglers shot dead )〕 Nine labourers were killed in Eetagunta, eleven in Vachindou Banda.〔 As per Andhra Pradesh Additional Director General of Police (Law and Order) R. P. Thakur, "Police had received information that a large number of smugglers were on the prowl in the forest. Teams of Red Sanders Task Force laid ambush at two places. The Task Force consisted of forest officials and armed reserve policemen too. When our teams asked them to surrender, the smugglers retaliated by hurling stones and they were armed with sickles and axes. When the task force opened fire, twenty of them were killed but many escaped. The smugglers were carrying red-sandalwood logs."〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=20 red sander smugglers shot dead in Chittoor forests in Andhra Pradesh )〕 According to reports, nearly 500 coolies, hired by a red sanders smuggler belonging to Chittoor district were felling the trees when the police fired on them.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=20 Red-sandalwood Smugglers Killed in Encounter in Chittoor District )〕 The accounts of two witnesses given before the National Human Rights Commission of India (NHRC) say "at least 12 of those shot dead were pulled off a bus by Andhra policemen and arrested hours before the controversial encounter". 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「2015 sandalwood smugglers encounter in Andhra Pradesh」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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