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India-Pakistan

Pakistan captures an Indian terrorist

2006-08-23

Karachi, PAKISTAN: Pakistani policemen escort suspected Indian national Madan Lal to a court after he was arrested for stealing a railway engine, in Karachi 23 August 2006. A suspected Indian national stole a railway engine in Pakistan's southern city of Karachi and tried to drive it into a passenger train in an attempted terror attack, police said. The man drove the locomotive at full speed for 35 kilometres (22 miles) before officials managed to derail it and avert a possible disaster late 22 August, railway police official Irshad Beg said. AFP PHOTO/Rizwan TABASSUM (Photo credit should read RIZWAN TABASSUM/AFP/Getty Images)

Posted by:john

#10 thx Tony for the insight. Happy ~~Trails~~ Rails! :-)

Posted by: RD 2006-08-23 22:06

#9 "It takes 20 years to be a qualified engine driver and the way he drove and controlled the engine shows he had a good command of its operation."

Rubbish. I learnt to drive diesels and electrics in less than a year, ie coupling and decoupling the locomotive from the train, operation of vacuum and air brakes etc. Now, 'learning the road' - where all the signals, bends, inclines and stuff are, that takes time - 5 years in England (at least it did when I did it - I left after saving enough for an Apple ][ ;)

Oh, and that poor sod is no more a terrorist than I am a current train driver...

Posted by: Tony (UK) 2006-08-23 19:39

#8 Another reason, I dreamed about thisn last night.

Posted by: 6 2006-08-23 19:08

#7 This is the reason I always carry a derailer with me.

Posted by: 6 2006-08-23 19:03

#6 "We are trying to get out charpoys (light wood and cane beds) and other things which were crushed by the engine," said Mohammad Ameen, a veteran engineer driver supervising the track clearance.

"The engine could have crushed many people under its wheels if they had not woke up in time and run," he said.

Officials said there was minor damage to the train's wheels and bogeys.

Ameen said the man arrested over the incident must have had prior knowledge of train driving.

"It takes 20 years to be a qualified engine driver and the way he drove and controlled the engine shows he had a good command of its operation."

Posted by: john 2006-08-23 19:01

#5 Very sad. Probably loves trains just like the rest of us and just jumped at the chance. Who hasn't thought of doing the same thing at one time or another.... at a much earlier age of course. I hope he gets the medical treatment he needs.

Posted by: Besoeker 2006-08-23 18:56

#4 Senior Railways police officer Malik Mohammad Afzal said Lal appeared to be mentally unstable. Earlier, police claimed that Lal was an Indian national who was involved in a terror plot, but yesterday morning his family told authorities that he was mentally ill and had recently been discharged from a hospital.

Lal hails from Hyderabad, his wife Jabi and 16-year-old-son Ramaish told reporters.

Police also arrested two railway employees driver Khalid and fireman Ahmad Qureshi for negligence as they left the engine unmonitored.

Witnesses said the engine could have killed many people who were sleeping near the railway track.

Posted by: john 2006-08-23 18:46

#3 Look at the poor man's left hand: he's got a bad case of arthritis, or I miss my guess.

Posted by: trailing wife 2006-08-23 17:34

#2 He's not gonna take off his clothes, is he?
I've had enough of that today...

Posted by: tu3031 2006-08-23 17:24

#1 suspected Indian national Madan Lal

Probably a member of Pakistan's Hindu minority.

Unless the RAW recruits beggars for covert ops?

Posted by: john 2006-08-23 17:13

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