INDIA: JAMMU TRAIN BOMB BLAST: DEATH TOLL REACHES 5
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(11 Feb 2000) English/Nat
(11 Feb 2000) English/Nat
The death toll from a train bomb blast which derailed seven cars south of Jammu, the winter capital of Indian administered Kashmir, rose to five on Friday.
Authorities halted train services on the main line from New Delhi to Jammu.
The explosion ripped apart a stretch of track late on Thursday.
Death and destruction at the blast site where five passengers travelling on a Calcutta - bound train were killed.
The explosion ripped apart a stretch of track late on Thursday barely an hour after the train left Jammu railway station in Indian administered Kashmir.
Two people died immediately and many were injured as the powerful blast derailed seven cars near Samba station.
Three passengers later died of their injuries.
The victims included an infant and a paramilitary soldier.
Authorities halted train services on Friday on the main line from New Delhi to Jammu, as the engineers repaired the track, hoping to restore services quickly.
Army and police teams were inspecting the site but relief work was hampered by bad weather.
The federal railway minister Mamata Banerjee also visited the blast site, along with top officials and a team of doctors.
SOUNDBITE: (Hindi)
"We quickly entered the train compartment - I took out the body of a woman. There was an army officer with an injured leg. I took him to the hospital."
SUPER CAPTION: Vishnu Kumar, villager
SOUNDBITE: (Hindi)
"We heard the train give a horn - and then there was a big explosion. Then we knew that it must have happened in the train."
SUPER CAPTION: Ashok Kumar, villager
No one has claimed responsibility, but police suspected Kashmiri militants fighting to separate Kashmir from India, or intelligence agents from Pakistan.
India accuses Pakistan of giving active support to a 10-year old insurgency in Kashmir, the only Muslim-majority state in overwhelmingly Hindu-majority India.
Pakistan says its support is limited to the political and diplomatic arenas.
Dozens of militant organizations are fighting government forces for Kashmir's independence or for a merger with officially Islamic Pakistan.
Police said they also found 13 kilos of explosives.
SOUNDBITE: (English)
"We are expecting that the mechanical work we shall be completing by the end of the day - about 19 hours. Thereafter civil engineering work will be completed. It will take approximately another 10 hours."
SUPER CAPTION: Triloki Nath Varma, Railway official
Police say they are continuing investigations.
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The death toll from a train bomb blast which derailed seven cars south of Jammu, the winter capital of Indian administered Kashmir, rose to five on Friday.
Authorities halted train services on the main line from New Delhi to Jammu.
The explosion ripped apart a stretch of track late on Thursday.
Death and destruction at the blast site where five passengers travelling on a Calcutta - bound train were killed.
The explosion ripped apart a stretch of track late on Thursday barely an hour after the train left Jammu railway station in Indian administered Kashmir.
Two people died immediately and many were injured as the powerful blast derailed seven cars near Samba station.
Three passengers later died of their injuries.
The victims included an infant and a paramilitary soldier.
Authorities halted train services on Friday on the main line from New Delhi to Jammu, as the engineers repaired the track, hoping to restore services quickly.
Army and police teams were inspecting the site but relief work was hampered by bad weather.
The federal railway minister Mamata Banerjee also visited the blast site, along with top officials and a team of doctors.
SOUNDBITE: (Hindi)
"We quickly entered the train compartment - I took out the body of a woman. There was an army officer with an injured leg. I took him to the hospital."
SUPER CAPTION: Vishnu Kumar, villager
SOUNDBITE: (Hindi)
"We heard the train give a horn - and then there was a big explosion. Then we knew that it must have happened in the train."
SUPER CAPTION: Ashok Kumar, villager
No one has claimed responsibility, but police suspected Kashmiri militants fighting to separate Kashmir from India, or intelligence agents from Pakistan.
India accuses Pakistan of giving active support to a 10-year old insurgency in Kashmir, the only Muslim-majority state in overwhelmingly Hindu-majority India.
Pakistan says its support is limited to the political and diplomatic arenas.
Dozens of militant organizations are fighting government forces for Kashmir's independence or for a merger with officially Islamic Pakistan.
Police said they also found 13 kilos of explosives.
SOUNDBITE: (English)
"We are expecting that the mechanical work we shall be completing by the end of the day - about 19 hours. Thereafter civil engineering work will be completed. It will take approximately another 10 hours."
SUPER CAPTION: Triloki Nath Varma, Railway official
Police say they are continuing investigations.
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