Maoists Suspected In Deadly Train Derailment

May 28 2010

India

At least 65 people were killed and more than 100 injured overnight Friday when a high-speed train derailed and collided with another train in eastern India, the Voice of America News reports.

Indian police said Maoist rebels were responsible, reported ABC News (Australia).

Several sleeper carriages fell into the path of a freight train, police said. The death toll is expected to rise.

The train was traveling from Calcutta in West Bengal state to Bombay (Mumbai).

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