Naxal terrorists blew up a truck in Chhattisgarh carrying opponents of the Naxal movement killing 26 people and injuring 40 others. Locals have been protesting and blocking Naxal activists as they stop progress and development of backward areas. In many areas, villagers had attacked and killed Naxals making it impossible to flourish. This attack is seen as the terrorists' plan to frighten the population into not opposing their movement. The police have mounted a massive manhunt along the Chhattisgarh and Andhra Pradesh heavily forested border where the terrorists normally hide.