2006 West Bengal train explosion

The 2006 West Bengal train disaster was a fatal suspected terrorist explosion on a train travelling between New Jalpaiguri and Haldibari that occurred on 20 November 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 was due to a still-undetermined cause, but terrorism is suspected. The train was about 550 kilometres (340 mi) from Kolkata.

2006 West Bengal train disaster
LocationWest Bengal, India
Date20 November 2006
6:10 – 6:10 (GMT)
Targettrain
Attack type
bomb
Deaths5
Injuredbetween 25 and 66
Perpetratorsunknown

References
    • [1] - Retrieved on 23 November 2006


    1. "Train blast kills 5 on eastern India". CNN. 20 November 2006.
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