2006 West Bengal train disaster
| 2006 West Bengal train disaster |
| Location |
West Bengal, India |
| Date |
November 20, 2006
6:10 – 6:10 (GMT) |
| Target |
train |
| Attack type |
bomb |
| Deaths |
5 |
| Injured |
between 25 and 66 |
| Perpetrator(s) |
unknown |
The 2006 West Bengal train disaster was a fatal suspected terrorist explosion on a train travelling between New Jalpaiguri and Haldibari that occurred on November 20, 2006, when the train was in a remote part of West Bengal State, India. Five people were killed, and between fifty and twenty-five were injured, although home secretary Prasad Ranjan Ray says officials believe there may in fact be as many as sixty-six injured. Two passenger cars were damaged. The explosion is still due to an undetermined cause, but terrorism is suspected. The train was about 550 kilometres (340 mi) from Kolkata.
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Railway accidents in 2006 (2006)
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Bioče, Montenegro (23 January) • Varanasi, India (7 March) • Ngungumbane, Zimbabwe (3 June) • Valencia, Spain (3 July) • Mumbai, India (11 July) • Qalyoub, Egypt (21 August) • Lathen, Germany (22 September) • Copmanthorpe, England (25 September) • Zoufftgen, France (11 October) • Rome, Italy (17 October) • Faure, South Africa (13 November) • West Bengal, India (20 November) • Arnhem, Netherlands (21 November)
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