Freight train blasted in Dagestan
On September 7 at 11:30 loca time, a bomb exploded under a freight train on the railway haul Kizlyar-Ulanhol in Dagestan. The operation of trains stopped. According to preliminary reports, the explosion made six cars run off the rails, two of them overturned, and the locomotive was badly damaged. There have been no casualties.
Already four trains have been stopped, including two freight and two passenger trains - Baku-Tyumen and Baku-Moscow. It is reported that the train operation will not be restored before the evening. A repair team is currently busy with this matter.
The explosion took place on the 98 kilometer, not far from Kizlyar. According to some sources, the exploded train was heading from Astrakhan to Azerbaijan and transporting grain.
Kavkaz Center
Publication time: 7 September 2010, 17:31
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