UK: Two arrested, ten people in hospital after mass stabbing attack on board Doncaster to London train

Ten people are in hospital – nine believed to have life-threatening injuries – after a stabbing attack on board a Doncaster-London King’s Cross train on Saturday. Two people have been arrested after the train made an unscheduled stop at Huntingdon Read More …

Ukraine: Four people killed, 12 others injured in explosive device detonation at railway station in Ovruch

On a platform in the town of Ovruch, Korosten district, Zhytomyr region, during a document check, a 23-year-old man detonated an explosive device: he and three other women, including a border guard, were killed, and 12 more people were injured. Read More …

India: Suspected IED blast damages railway track in Assam’s Kokrajhar

Railway services across Lower Assam and parts of north Bengal were disrupted early on Thursday after a suspected improvised explosive device (IED) damaged a section of track in Assam’s Kokrajhar district, officials said. The explosion occurred shortly after midnight, around Read More …

Pakistan: 7 injured after blast derails 4 Jaffar Express carriages in Sindh’s Shikarpur

At least seven people were injured on Tuesday after a blast on a railway track derailed four bogies of the Jaf­far Express in Sindh’s Shikarpur district, according to officials. Shikarpur Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Shahzeb Chachar said that the Read More …

Pakistan: Explosion derails Jaffar Express in Balochistan, leaving several injured

Several passengers were injured when three carriages of the Jaffar Express derailed in the Dasht area of Mastung, Balochistan, on Tuesday, following an explosion on the railway track, officials confirmed. Railway authorities reported that one of the carriages overturned, while Read More …

Pakistan: Peshawar-bound Jaffar Express hit with IED blast

A blast targeted the Jaffar Express on Sunday near Spezand in Dasht Tehsil of Mastung district, damaging its locomotive and several coaches, officials confirmed. According to Levies authorities, an explosive device planted on the railway track went off as the Read More …

India: Series of explosions along Odisha-Jharkhand border

After a hiatus of nearly five years, operatives of the banned CPI (Maoist) outfit appear to have made a return to the Odisha-Jharkhand border, triggering a series of blasts from Saturday night to Sunday evening. Police said the eastern regional Read More …

India: Railway trackman killed, another injured in IED blast in Sundargarh

A railway trackman was killed and another injured after an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) planted by Maoist operatives went off on the railway tracks under the K Balang police limits of Rourkela Police District (RPD) on Sunday forenoon. The deceased Read More …

Pakistan: Armed men kidnap and kill nine passengers in Balochistan

At least nine passengers travelling on two Punjab-bound coaches were abducted and killed by unidentified armed men in Sur-Dakai area, on the border between Balochistan’s Zhob and Loralai districts, on Thursday night. “Nine people abducted from both coaches have been Read More …

Pakistan: Four bogies derail as bomb rips through Jaffer Express in Jacobabad

Jacobabad SSP Saddam Hussain Khaskheli, accompanied by officials of police and Pakistan Railway, reached the site and gathered details of the incident. The Bomb Disposal Squad (BDS) officials had begun probe to determine the type of the bomb and the Read More …

Russia: Governor reports blown up rail tracks in Belgorod Region

A reserve shunter derailed in the Prokhorovka District of the bordering Russian region of Belgorod as railroad tracks were blown up, Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov wrote on his Telegram channel. According to him, a two-and-a-half-hour delay in train services was reported, Read More …

Russia: Rail tracks blown up in Voronezh Region

Railroad tracks were blown up in central Russia’s Voronezh Region prior to the passing of a train on Thursday, the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) said. “A railroad in the Voronezh Region was damaged as an explosive device was activated Read More …

Russia: Two deadly bridge collapses in regions bordering Ukraine blamed on deliberate explosions

Two bridges collapsed in separate Russian regions bordering Ukraine on Saturday night, killing seven people and injuring dozens, with Russian officials alleging the bridges had been deliberately blown up. The first bridge collapsed late Saturday in the Bryansk region, crashing Read More …

Russia: Explosives technicians found six more bombs after explosion derails freight train in Belgorod region

The explosion targeting the rail network in the Belgorod region last night turned out to be much more serious than originally thought. The explosion, which damaged the contact support and caused an emergency stop of a freight train of 66 Read More …

Angola needs $240 million to clear hundreds of civil war minefields

Angola requires $240 million from government or donor funding to clear nearly 1,000 minefields from the civil war that ended more than two decades ago, the National Mine Action Agency head said. The landmines, planted during the 27-year civil war Read More …

Pakistan: Jaffar Express siege ends

Security forces stormed the hijacked Jaffar Express on Wednesday, bringing a dramatic end to a 30-hour siege in the rugged Bolan area of Balochistan, killing all 33 terrorists, while successfully rescuing more than 300 passengers. Lt-Gen Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry, the Read More …

Pakistan: Security forces rescue 80 hostages after terrorists attack Jaffar Express in the Bolan Pass

Terrorists launched an attack on the Jaffar Express, a passenger train travelling through the Bolan Pass, holding several passengers hostage inside a tunnel, security sources reported on Tuesday. Security forces have successfully rescued 80 hostages from the terrorists, according to Read More …

Ukraine: At least one person killed in explosions near railway station in Frankivsk

According to the police of Ivano-Frankivsk region, 2 explosions occurred in the city near apartment buildings on Pryvokzalna Street. Three people were injured. The explosions were reported around 18:30. Ukrzaliznytsia reported that “the explosions in Ivano-Frankivsk, which were reported by Read More …

France: ‘Really huge’ unexploded WWII bomb found outside Paris halts Eurostar travel

Eurostar trains to London and all trains heading to northern France were brought to a halt Friday following the discovery of an unexploded World War II-era bomb on tracks leading to the nation’s busiest station. Paris police said that at Read More …

Polish defence minister dismisses logistics chief after mines go missing

On Thursday, General Artur Kepczynski was dismissed from his position as head of the Armed Forces Support Inspectorate, as reported by the Ministry of Defence. The reasons for this decision, made by Kosiniak-Kamysz, were not disclosed; however, media reports suggest Read More …