NEW DELHI - Two homemade bombs exploded on a train headed for Pakistan, setting off a fire that swept through two cars and killed at least 66 people. A government minister said the violence was aimed at undermining the peace process between India and Pakistan.
Authorities said two suitcases packed with unexploded crude bombs and bottles of gasoline were found in cars not hit in the attack, leading them to suspect the fire was set off by an identical explosive device.
“It’s sabotage — it’s an act of terrorism like the one in Mumbai,” Railway Minister Laloo Prasad told reporters in Patna, India, referring to serial bomb blasts in Mumbai last July that killed 186 people. “This is an attempt to derail the improving relationship between India and Pakistan.”
Associated Press
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