MOSCOW, Nov 28, (AFP) -At least 39 people were killed and 87 injured Friday when a train travelling between the Russian capital Moscow and Saint Petersburg derailed, possibly as a result of an attack, Russian media reported.
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| Passengers of the train, which derailed. AFP |
Russian television showed footage of the mangled wreckage of four overturned wagons of the Nevski Express, which officials said came off the tracks late on Friday evening in the Novgorod region.
“Twenty-five people were killed and 87 injured” Emergency Situations Minister Sergei Shoigu was quoted as saying by Interfax news agency.
A unnamed security official was quoted by the Interfax as saying that a one metre-diametre (three-foot wide) crater was found near the scene of the disaster. “Witnesses say they heard a loud bang before the accident. This could be proof of an attack,” the source said.
The crater could have been caused by an “explosion from a device placed underneath one of the wagons,” Ria-Novosti quoted another security official as saying.
A railways official also told Itar-Tass that “an attack is one of the possibilities” being looked at by the police. |
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