More than a dozen cars carrying mineral fertilizers went off the rails in central Russia earlier on Saturday
Russia’s Investigative Committee has opened a terrorism probe after a major railroad incident in the central part of the country on Saturday. Officials said that an explosion was behind the incident, in which more than a dozen freight cars derailed.
Investigators have opened a criminal case over a “terrorist act” and “illegal possession… of explosive materials or explosive devices,” a statement published on Telegram said.
According to the law enforcement agency, an improvised explosive device went off on a railroad in Ryazan Region early on Saturday, causing 19 freight carriages to go off the rails. Fifteen of them sustained damage, the statement said, adding that the exact scale of the destruction is still being determined.
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