2006 West Bengal train explosion

Explosion on passenger train, West Bengal February 2025 January 2016 22.569 88.369 title type:event 2006 West Bengal train disaster West Bengal, India train 20 November 2006 6:10 6:10 GMT bomb 5 between 25 and 66 unknown The 2006 West Bengal train disaster was a fatal suspected terrorist explosion on a train traveling between New Jalpaiguri and Haldibari on 20 November 2006, while the train was in a remote part of West Bengal, India. Five people were killed, and between 25 and 50 were injured, although home secretary Prasad Ranjan Ray stated that officials believed as many as 66 people may have been injured. Two passenger cars sustained damage. The cause of the explosion remains undetermined, but terrorism was suspected. The train was about 550 km mi from Kolkata. References http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/11/20/india.train.blast/index.html https://archive.today/20070813051512/http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/11/20/india.train.blast/index.html dead 13 August 2007 Train blast kills 5 on eastern India CNN 20 November 2006 23 November 2006 Category:21st-century mass murders in India Category:Railway accidents in 2006 Category:Railway accidents and incidents in West Bengal Category:Terrorist incidents in India in 2006 Category:Train bombings in India Category:2000s in West Bengal Category:2006 mass murders Category:Crime in West Bengal Category:November 2006 in India Category:November 2006 crimes in Asia Category:Improvised explosive device bombings in 2006 Category:2006 murders in India