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| Bomb found on highspeed railway in France |
| 2006-04-19 |
| A bomb with a timing system was discovered on a major French railway line Wednesday, sparking an investigation by anti-terrorist police, law enforcement officials said. The device was found beside the Paris-Nantes line used by high-speed trains near the western village of Saint-Sylvain-d'Anjou by a railway worker making a regular inspection of the track. The plastic tube containing nitrate fuel and wired to a timer with a battery appeared home-made, the state prosecutor's office said, adding that the bomb could have been placed there any time in the past 10 days. Authorities said they had received no claim of responsibility or demand from the person or group that placed the bomb. If it had gone off, "it could have damaged the track and caused a derailment," an official in the prosecutor's office said. |
| Posted by:lotp |
| #10 They hate trains B. because they are easy. Imagine who travels on the highspeed from NYC or Boston to DC. Then consider the capitols of Europe. That's a tasty random target. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2006-04-19 22:54 |
| #9 Probably just some disaffected French "youths." |
| Posted by: Scott R 2006-04-19 19:07 |
| #8 A ten day timer? I think not. |
| Posted by: Inspector Clueso 2006-04-19 18:01 |
| #7 The europapers have had dozens of stories about these outfits. They are trying to stop construction of some additional tracks... there were a bunch of protesters during the olympics. |
| Posted by: Seafarious 2006-04-19 17:28 |
| #6 #1 They target trains because its' occupants are almost entirely civilian. #2 I think you're right. This sounds like domestic terrorists. |
| Posted by: Mike N. 2006-04-19 17:20 |
| #5 Why put a timer on a train bomb, when a contact switch would cause more damage? High speed rail line. Derailment will do plenty of damage. Contact switch too complex for them. Clearly the third team. |
| Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2006-04-19 16:33 |
| #4 Something fishy. Why put a timer on a train bomb, when a contact switch would cause more damage? |
| Posted by: Master of Obvious 2006-04-19 16:26 |
| #3 Hasn't there been some gangs that have planted rail bombs for blackmail purposes? |
| Posted by: Laurence of the Rats 2006-04-19 16:19 |
| #2 Those are the anti-globo and anarchist kidz in Europe. |
| Posted by: Seafarious 2006-04-19 16:12 |
| #1 Why do they hate trains? |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2006-04-19 16:00 |