2006 West Bengal train disaster
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2006 West Bengal train disaster | |
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Location | West Bengal, India |
Date | November 20, 2006 6:10 – 6:10 (GMT) |
Target | train |
Attack type
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bomb |
Deaths | 5 |
Injured | between 25 and 66 |
Perpetrators | unknown |
The 2006 West Bengal train disaster was a fatal suspected terrorist explosion on a train travelling between New Jalpaiguri and Haldibari that occurred on November 20, 2006, when the train was in a remote part of West Bengal State, India. Five people were killed, and between fifty and twenty-five were injured, although home secretary Prasad Ranjan Ray says officials believe there may in fact be as many as sixty-six injured. Two passenger cars were damaged. The explosion was due to a still-undetermined cause, but terrorism is suspected. The train was about 550 kilometres (340 mi) from Kolkata.
References
- Train blast kills 5 on eastern India - Retrieved on November 23, 2006[dead link]
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