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| Twin explosions hit two coaches of a passenger train on Thursday morning in a southern Indian railway station, killing a 22-year-old woman and injuring nine people, officials said. | Twin explosions hit two coaches of a passenger train on Thursday morning in a southern Indian railway station, killing a 22-year-old woman and injuring nine people, officials said. |
| Authorities suspected the blasts were caused by bombs planted on the Bangalore-Guwahati express that detonated minutes after the train pulled into the station in the south coast city of Chennai, according to the spokesman of India's southern railway system, M Bhupati. | Authorities suspected the blasts were caused by bombs planted on the Bangalore-Guwahati express that detonated minutes after the train pulled into the station in the south coast city of Chennai, according to the spokesman of India's southern railway system, M Bhupati. |
| "The police are already on the job, they are investigating what kind of bomb it was and what was the purpose," said the Chennai Central station general manager, RK Mishra. | "The police are already on the job, they are investigating what kind of bomb it was and what was the purpose," said the Chennai Central station general manager, RK Mishra. |
| At least one of the blasts came from underneath the coach seat of the woman who was killed, Mishra said. | At least one of the blasts came from underneath the coach seat of the woman who was killed, Mishra said. |
| Two of the nine injured were being treated in a hospital for serious injuries and bomb squads were checking the train for more explosive devices, Mishra said. | Two of the nine injured were being treated in a hospital for serious injuries and bomb squads were checking the train for more explosive devices, Mishra said. |
| There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the blast in a region of India considered relatively peaceful. National elections are under way in the country. | There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the blast in a region of India considered relatively peaceful. National elections are under way in the country. |
| The train originated in Bangalore and was headed to Gauhati, the main | |
| city in the remote north-eastern state of Assam. The train was running | |
| behind schedule, so officials were not sure if the target was Chennai | |
| city, the capital of Tamil Nadu state. |