Jaunpur railway accident
The Jaunpur railway accident was a bomb attack on July 28, 2005 on the Shramjivi Express near Jaunpur , in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh , in which 13 people died.
Starting position
The train was traveling between Patna and New Delhi . In Jaunpur, two young men with a white suitcase jumped up on departure. After half an hour, the two attempted twice the emergency brake to pull, for the first time in the station of Badalpur , then again at the station Singarmau where the train schedule , but did not succeed did not stop. You got into an argument with other travelers about it . Eventually they jumped off the moving train, leaving their suitcase behind.
attack
When the train Hariharpur went through, exploded at 17:15 the bomb in the car and put him in fire . The explosive used was hexogen , a military explosive that had previously been used in terrorist attacks in India. The explosion was triggered by a time fuse . The emergency braking carried out immediately by railway workers prevented the train from derailing and injuring even more people.
consequences
13 people died immediately or later as a result of their injuries, and 60 more were injured. Rescue workers were on the spot very quickly and were able to extinguish the burning car.
According to official information, the Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) should have been responsible for the attack, even if the perpetrators could not be arrested.
More worth knowing
On May 12, 2002, 12 people died and another 70 were injured when 13 carriages on the same train derailed shortly after leaving Jaunpur .
literature
- Ali Riaz et al. Jessica Bastian: Islamist Militancy in Bangladesh: Regional and Extra-regional Dimensions . In: Ali Riaz (Ed.): Political Islam and Governance in Bangladesh . Abingdon 2011. ISBN 0-415-57673-3
- Ved Prakash: Terrorism in India . Delhi 2009.
Web links
- NN: Nine dead in Indian Train Blast . In: Pakistan Observer v. July 29, 2005.
- Aman Sharma: India Express eyewitness account . In: The Indian Express v. August 1, 2005.