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5 killed by train blast in India
 GAUHATI: A bomb tore through a moving train in India's remote northeast Thursday, killing at least five passengers and injuring four others, an official said. The New Delhi bound super-fast Rajdhani Express, which started from the eastern town of Dibrugarh in Assam state had just crossed a station near Chungajan, 270 kilometers (170 miles) east of statecapital Gauhati when the bomb exploded.It jolted passengers out of their sleep, an Indian Railway spokesman told a foreign news agency. 'A car near the luggage van took the whole impact of the blast before dawn Thursday. Five passengers were killed and four others wounded,' he added. Posted by: Fred 2007-12-14 |
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