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22°34′08″N 88°22′08″E / 22.569°N 88.369°E
| 2006 West Bengal train disaster | |
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| Location | West Bengal, India |
| Date | 20 November 2006 6:10 – 6:10 (GMT) |
| Target | train |
Attack type | bomb |
| Deaths | 5 |
| Injured | between 25 and 66 |
| Perpetrators | unknown |
The 2006 West Bengal train disaster was a fatal suspected terrorist explosion on a train travelling between New Jalpaiguri and Haldibari that occurred on 20 November 2006, when the train was in a remote part of West Bengal State, India. Five people were killed, and between fifty and twenty-five were injured, although home secretary Prasad Ranjan Ray says officials believe there may in fact be as many as sixty-six injured. Two passenger cars were damaged. The explosion was due to a still-undetermined cause, but terrorism is suspected. The train was about 550 kilometres (340 mi) from Kolkata.
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- ↑ "Train blast kills 5 on eastern India". CNN. 20 November 2006.