Malkangiri: Three BSF personnel and a civilian were killed and six others injured when Naxalities ambushed a patrol of the paramilitary force and triggered a landmine blast in the jungles of the district in Orissa on Wednesday.

The patrol of the 104th battalion of BSF was near its Janbai base in Malkangiri district when Maoists ambushed it with a landmine blast and firing at around 7.30am, a senior official said. “Three personnel, including an assistant aub-inspector, head constable and constable have been killed in the ambush while the company commander Assistant Commandant Ashok Kumar is among the six injured,” he said.

Officials said a civilian was also killed during the ambush and senior BSF commanders have rushed to the spot.