Pakistan train sabotage

Train Crash Was 'Sabotage'
Updated: 14:06, Monday January 30, 2006
A train crash in a remote mountain area of Pakistan is said to have been an act of sabotage.

Several cars toppled off the track and one tumbled 100m to the bottom of a gorge.

Ishaq Khakwani, minister for state for railways, said a section of track had "deliberately been damaged" by unknown men.

He added that tools apparently used for the job had been left at the scene.

A senior security official said plates which connect the rail lines to planks beneath had been removed.

Salimur Rahman Akhund, general manager of operations with Pakistan Railways, said the 10-car diesel train was probably travelling about 37mph when it crashed. skynews

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One survivor, Javed Butt, 30, said he was in the first car when he heard a bang, followed by a strong jolt.

Mr Butt's car remained upright and he was able to walk away from the accident.

About 300 railway workers have been repairing a 300m stretch of track. skynews

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CNN: Fiery train crash in Pakistan

February 10, 2006


Two trains, one carrying oil, collided in southern Pakistan on Friday, derailing several carriages and sparking a fire

the collision happened near the town of Kotri and four wagons of the oil tanker train were on fire.

Rescue and firefighting teams were not yet able to reach the site of the crash, which blocked a rail line linking the southern city of Karachi and the northwestern city of Peshawar

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