26 killed as train derails after Maoist attack in WB
AP Rescue workers gather at the scene of the train mishap in West Bengal, early Friday. Maoists blasted rail tracks in West Midnapore district, derailing the Gyaneshwari Express's 13 coaches, five of which were hit by a goods train, leaving 20 dead. Maoists blasted rail tracks in West Midnapore district in the wee hours on Friday, derailing 13 coaches of a Mumbai-bound express train, five of which were hit by a goods train, leaving at least 26 dead and more than 150 others injured, the second attack on civilians by Naxals this month. The South Eastern Railway said that 26 bodies were recovered and 150 injured taken out from the mangled coaches of the Mumbai-bound train. Of the 26 bodies, 18 were taken to the Midnapore Hospital and eight to the Kharagpur State General Hospital, a SER spokesman said. The spokesman said that death toll could go up as rescuers were cutting open the the derailed coaches. The blast occurred at 1.30 am when the Howrah-Kurla Lokmanya Tilak Gyaneshwa