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'Explosion' derails Russian train Russian train derailed by 'bomb'
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An apparent explosion has derailed a Russian passenger train travelling from Moscow to St Petersburg. A Russian passenger train travelling from Moscow to St Petersburg has been derailed, probably by an improvised bomb, officials have said.
Russian railway officials said in a statement that the blast was caused by what they called "outside action", but gave no further details. At least 60 people have been injured, and 27 taken to hospital.
An investigation has been opened into possible terrorist activity after a crater was found under the train.
It is not clear who planted the suspected device. Chechen rebels have carried out no violent attacks outside southern Russia for at least a year.
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. The crater reportedly measures about 1.5m (5 feet) in diameter and was found underneath one of the carriages.
"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. 'Criminal case'
The crater reportedly measures about 1.5 metres in diameter and was found underneath one of the carriages. Officials said an "improvised explosive device" had probably caused the explosion.
A Russian Railways spokeswoman, Natalya Akafyeva, was quoted as telling Reuters news agency that an "improvised explosive device" had caused the explosion. "A criminal case has been opened under article 205, clause 3, that is terrorism," said Sergei Bednichenko, chief prosecutor for Russia's north-west district.
The incident occurred near the village of Malaya Vishera in Novgorod region, about 500 km (310 miles) north of Moscow. The engine and 12 carriages of the train came off the rails just as it was about to cross a river bridge, Russian Railways said on its website, adding that 800m of track had been badly damaged.
The incident occurred near the village of Malaya Vishera in Novgorod region, about 500km (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.