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Twin bomb blasts hit Indian train | Twin bomb blasts hit Indian train |
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At least 12 people have been killed and 50 injured after two bombs exploded on a passenger train in the eastern Indian state of West Bengal, police say. | |
The blasts ripped apart two carriages of the Haldibari passenger train near Belakova village, in north-west Bengal. | The blasts ripped apart two carriages of the Haldibari passenger train near Belakova village, in north-west Bengal. |
Police fear some passengers could still be trapped in the wreckage. | |
It is not yet clear who was behind the blasts. Police say they suspect the involvement of separatist groups active in West Bengal and Assam. | |
Critically injured | |
Police say eight people died on the spot and four later succumbed to injuries in hospital. | |
"The casualties could rise as some passengers still appear to be trapped in the wreckage of the train," a senior police official told the BBC. | |
Railway officials say the carriages affected were supposed to join up with the Darjeeling Mail that links northern Bengal with the state capital, Calcutta. | |
"The blast took place just before the joining of the compartments," officials said. | |
Fire and thick smoke has hampered rescue efforts. | |
The injured passengers are being taken to hospital in the town of Jalpaiguri - while the critically injured are being taken to the North Bengal Medical College in Siliguri. | |
The BBC's Subir Bhaumik in Calcutta says this is the first major explosion in the region since 1999, when a blast hit a military train carrying Indian soldiers to the Kargil front in Kashmir. | |
Ten soldiers were killed in that attack, which the authorities blamed on a radical Islamic group. |
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