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| 'Explosion' derails Russian train | 'Explosion' derails Russian train |
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| An apparent explosion has derailed a Russian passenger train travelling from Moscow to St Petersburg. | An apparent explosion has derailed a Russian passenger train travelling from Moscow to St Petersburg. |
| Russian railway officials said in a statement that the blast was caused by what they called "outside action", but gave no further details. | Russian railway officials said in a statement that the blast was caused by what they called "outside action", but gave no further details. |
| The driver reportedly heard a loud bang before the train derailed. | The driver reportedly heard a loud bang before the train derailed. |
| At least 60 people have been injured, and 27 taken to hospital. The Interfax news agency said investigators had found a crater under the train. | At least 60 people have been injured, and 27 taken to hospital. The Interfax news agency said investigators had found a crater under the train. |
| "There was a bang under the train. Unfortunately that is the only way we can describe it until investigators and the state security service reach their own conclusions," Sergei Mikhailov, an aide to Russian Railways chief Vladimir Yakunin, told Russia's Vesti-24 television station. | "There was a bang under the train. Unfortunately that is the only way we can describe it until investigators and the state security service reach their own conclusions," Sergei Mikhailov, an aide to Russian Railways chief Vladimir Yakunin, told Russia's Vesti-24 television station. |
| The crater reportedly measures about 1.5 metres in diameter and was found underneath one of the carriages. | The crater reportedly measures about 1.5 metres in diameter and was found underneath one of the carriages. |
| A Russian Railways spokeswoman, Natalya Akafyeva, was quoted as telling Reuters news agency that an "improvised explosive device" had caused the explosion. | |
| The incident occurred near the city of Novgorod, about 500 km (310 miles) north of Moscow. | |
| The line between Moscow and St Petersburg is one of the country's busiest. | The line between Moscow and St Petersburg is one of the country's busiest. |