2014 Chennai train bombing: Difference between revisions

The Guwahati-bound train from Bangalore, Guwahati–Bangalore Express, was scheduled to arrive at [[Chennai Central railway station|Chennai]] around 5:30&nbsp;a.m. ([[Indian Standard Time|IST]]), but it had arrived late around 7:05&nbsp;a.m. (IST). While the train was stationed at Platform 9 of the railway station, two bombs exploded at the junction of S4 and S5 coaches at 7:15&nbsp;a.m. (IST).<ref name="oi1">{{cite news|title=Chennai Blast: Pregnant woman, TCS employee from Andhra Pradesh dies|url=http://news.oneindia.in/india/chennai-blast-bangalore-guwahati-train-pregnant-woman-from-andhra-dies-1439651.html|accessdate=1 May 2014|newspaper=One India|date=1 May 2014}}</ref><ref name="ibn1" /> Upon hearing the explosion, panicked passengers rushed out of the train.<ref name="IE1" /> One of the bombs had exploded under the seat of a 24-year-old woman,<ref name="teleuk1">{{cite news|title=Twin bomb blasts hit Indian train|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/india/10800234/Twin-bomb-blasts-hit-Indian-train.html|accessdate=1 May 2014|newspaper=Telegraph UK|date=1 May 2014}}</ref> who was employed with [[Tata Consultancy Services]] in Bangalore. She was the only person killed in the attack, was travelling to her home town [[Guntur]] in [[Andhra Pradesh]]. Of the fourteen injured passengers, five were admitted in serious condition at [[Government General Hospital, Chennai|Rajiv Gandhi General Hospital]].<ref name="lm1">{{cite news|title=Twin blasts on train at Chennai railway station kills passenger|url=http://www.livemint.com/Politics/DI61ecQr3qMMEf5YMBCtJJ/Two-blasts-at-Chennai-station-1-woman-dead-7-injured.html|accessdate=1 May 2014|newspaper=Livemint|date=1 May 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title= Chennai train blasts |url= http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Chennai-train-blasts-TCS-techie-killed-ISIs-role-suspected/articleshow/34484506.cms |newspaper= The Times of India |date= 1 May 2014 |accessdate= 1 May 2014}}</ref>