Train bombing suspects hunted in India
Published: Feb. 20, 2007 at 7:07 AM
NEW DELHI, Feb. 20 (UPI) -- Indian police released sketches of two men believed responsible for the bombing that killed 68 people on a train heading from Indian to Pakistan.
Inspector General Rohtak Range Sharad Kumar said Tuesday the men "had a heated argument with the personnel of Railway Protection Force for about 20 minutes" Sunday night before they got off the train.
Minutes later, the bombs exploded on the Samjhauta Express near the town of Panipat. Police recovered 14 kerosene-filled plastic bottles and a digital timer, the Press Trust of India reported.
By Tuesday, 17 of the victims had been identified, 13 of whom were Pakistanis, including a family of five, the report said.
Six military medical teams were sent to the town on Monday to embalm the bodies so they could be identified.
Kumar said no arrests have been made but about three dozen people had been questioned about the blast.
Inspector General Rohtak Range Sharad Kumar said Tuesday the men "had a heated argument with the personnel of Railway Protection Force for about 20 minutes" Sunday night before they got off the train.
Minutes later, the bombs exploded on the Samjhauta Express near the town of Panipat. Police recovered 14 kerosene-filled plastic bottles and a digital timer, the Press Trust of India reported.
By Tuesday, 17 of the victims had been identified, 13 of whom were Pakistanis, including a family of five, the report said.
Six military medical teams were sent to the town on Monday to embalm the bodies so they could be identified.
Kumar said no arrests have been made but about three dozen people had been questioned about the blast.
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