Twin blasts third major train incident in TN

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Press Trust of India Chennai
Last Updated : May 01 2014 | 6:12 PM IST
Today's twin blasts in the Bangalore-Guwahati Express here that left a woman dead is the third major incident involving trains in the recent past in Tamil Nadu.
In 1997, bombs exploded in three trains originating from Chennai -- Pandian Express, Cheran Express and Alleppey Express, leaving 10 persons dead and around 70 injured, on Babri masjid demolition anniversary on December 6.
Four persons were killed and 11 injured when an unidentified person hijacked a suburban commuter train from the Moore Market complex adjacent to the Central station here and drove it in unusually high speed and violating various signals before colliding head-on with a goods train at Vyasarapadi station on April 29, 2009.
The mystery over the daring 'hijack' has remained unsolved so far.
A 22 year-old women techie was killed and 14 others injured when low-intensity twin blasts rocked two coaches of the Bangalore-Guwahati Express on platform no.9 in the busy Central Railway station here today.
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First Published: May 01 2014 | 6:12 PM IST

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