CHENNAI: A woman was killed and 14 others injured, two of them critically, when two low-intensity bombs exploded in a span of five minutes on two coaches of the Bangalore-Guwahati train at the busy Central Railway station here today. Twin bomb blasts at Chennai railway station, one killed | Bomb Blast In Chennai
The Tamil Nadu government ordered a probe by its special CB-CID wing as police detained a suspect in connection with the blasts.
The Tamil Nadu government ordered a probe by its special CB-CID wing as police detained a suspect in connection with the blasts.
The Guwahati-bound train arrived here late by about an hour at 7.05 AM at Platform No. 9 and in a span of five minutes, two low intensity bombs exploded in S4 and S5 coaches, police said.
Passengers of the train, who were waiting to board on its onward journey after a ten minute halt, were jolted by the sound of the explosion and ran helter-skelter.
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Passengers of the train, who were waiting to board on its onward journey after a ten minute halt, were jolted by the sound of the explosion and ran helter-skelter.
A woman was killed in the blast while 14 others were injured.
The 22-year-old victim, who lost her life in the explosion, has been identified as Swati travelling to Guntur via Vijayawada and the injured are undergoing treatment at the state-run Rajiv Gandhi hospital where doctors described their condition as "out of danger".