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| Dozens dead in India train blasts | Dozens dead in India train blasts |
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| At least 66 people have been killed after explosions on a train bound from India to Pakistan sparked a fire that swept through two carriages. | |
| Passengers said they heard two blasts as the train passed near Panipat, about 80km (50 miles) north of Delhi. | |
| The train - the Samjhauta Express -is part of a service taking passengers from Delhi to Lahore in Pakistan. | |
| The Indian and Pakistani governments have both said the blasts were "an act of terrorism" aimed at disrupting ties. | |
| The blasts happened a day before Pakistan's Foreign Minister was due in Delhi for talks with Indian leaders. | |
| The minister, Khurshid Kasuri, said the explosion was a "horrendous act of terrorism" but it would not change his plans to visit India from 20 to 23 February. | The minister, Khurshid Kasuri, said the explosion was a "horrendous act of terrorism" but it would not change his plans to visit India from 20 to 23 February. |
| I head a loud explosion and then it was all smoke Tara Chand Passenger In pictures: Blasts aftermath | |
| Innocent men and women had been killed, he said, a sentiment echoed by Indian Railways Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav who told a news conference that the blast were aimed at undermining relations between the two countries. | Innocent men and women had been killed, he said, a sentiment echoed by Indian Railways Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav who told a news conference that the blast were aimed at undermining relations between the two countries. |
| "It is an effort to destabilise peace between India, Pakistan. Innocent people have been killed." | "It is an effort to destabilise peace between India, Pakistan. Innocent people have been killed." |
| Islamabad said most of the dead were Pakistanis and foreign ministry spokeswoman Tasnim Aslam demanded India act. | |
| "We expect Indian authorities to punish the perpetrators," she said, stressing that it was India's responsibility to ensure proper security for the twice-weekly service which runs from the Indian capital to Lahore in Pakistan. | "We expect Indian authorities to punish the perpetrators," she said, stressing that it was India's responsibility to ensure proper security for the twice-weekly service which runs from the Indian capital to Lahore in Pakistan. |
| After a two-year gap, the service was restarted in 2004 as part of the peace process between the two countries. | After a two-year gap, the service was restarted in 2004 as part of the peace process between the two countries. |
| 'Loud explosion' | 'Loud explosion' |
| A couple of small blasts took place in two carriages at about midnight (1830 GMT), as the train reached a station in the village of Deewana. | A couple of small blasts took place in two carriages at about midnight (1830 GMT), as the train reached a station in the village of Deewana. |
| The train came to a standstill and a ball of fire then engulfed the two coaches. | The train came to a standstill and a ball of fire then engulfed the two coaches. |
| The injured were pulled out of the burning carriages onto the trackside by fellow passengers, and local residents rushed to the tracks to help. | The injured were pulled out of the burning carriages onto the trackside by fellow passengers, and local residents rushed to the tracks to help. |
| "I heard a loud explosion and then it was all smoke," passenger Tara Chand was quoted by Reuters news agency as saying. | "I heard a loud explosion and then it was all smoke," passenger Tara Chand was quoted by Reuters news agency as saying. |
| "Looking at the intensity of the smoke, many people must have suffocated to death before being charred." | "Looking at the intensity of the smoke, many people must have suffocated to death before being charred." |
| Security precautions on the train meant many doors were bolted shut and most windows had bars covering them which may have trapped some passengers inside. | Security precautions on the train meant many doors were bolted shut and most windows had bars covering them which may have trapped some passengers inside. |
| The BBC's Soutik Biswas saw the two burnt-out carriages and said smoke was still coming out of them hours after the explosions. | The BBC's Soutik Biswas saw the two burnt-out carriages and said smoke was still coming out of them hours after the explosions. |
| The heat of the flames had peeled the blue paint off the coaches, he said, and oil and burnt cinders littered the tracks. | The heat of the flames had peeled the blue paint off the coaches, he said, and oil and burnt cinders littered the tracks. |
| He went into one of the carriages and saw boxes of food and spices that many of the passengers would have been taking as gifts to friends and relatives in Pakistan. | He went into one of the carriages and saw boxes of food and spices that many of the passengers would have been taking as gifts to friends and relatives in Pakistan. |
| Shiv Ram, a police railway constable, was one of the first officials on the scene. | Shiv Ram, a police railway constable, was one of the first officials on the scene. |
| "In 30 years of service I haven't seen anything like this," he told our correspondent. | "In 30 years of service I haven't seen anything like this," he told our correspondent. |
| "The coaches were totally engulfed in flames. I brought out three charred women - I could only recognise them as women because they were wearing bangles". | "The coaches were totally engulfed in flames. I brought out three charred women - I could only recognise them as women because they were wearing bangles". |
| Police said they had recovered two suitcass filled with crude homemade explosives. | |
| 'Anguish and grief' | 'Anguish and grief' |
| The burnt-out carriages have been moved away from the scene of the fire to a railway siding a couple of kilometres away for forensic examination. | The burnt-out carriages have been moved away from the scene of the fire to a railway siding a couple of kilometres away for forensic examination. |
| The train carried more than 500 passengers, a mix of Indians and Pakistanis - but most of the victims are believed to have been Pakistanis. | The train carried more than 500 passengers, a mix of Indians and Pakistanis - but most of the victims are believed to have been Pakistanis. |
| In search of news, anxious families rushed to the main railway station in Delhi where there was a handwritten list of some of the people known to have been injured. | |
| Relatives have also gathered at hospitals around Panipat in search of loved ones. | |
| The Indian High Commission in Islamabad said arrangements were being made to process visas immediately for Pakistanis who had relatives on the train and wished to go to India, Reuters reported. | |
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