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Attempt to bomb train foiled
Updated at: 0734 PST, Sunday, November 14, 2010
MULTAN: An attempt, seem to be a plot of terrorism, has been foiled when railway authorities and civil defense officials during a joint action claimed recovery of explosives, mines and timer from the compartment of a train, Geo News reported Sunday.
According to sources, explosives weighing 10 kilograms and mines recovered from a trains chamber have been defused.
Sources said, the train, Shahrukn-e-Alam bound to Karachi from Multan, could have come under a deadly terrorist attempt but railways alerted officials together with civil defense personnel foiled the terror attempt on time.
District Officer Civil Defense said the explosion could have ravaged damages on massive scale had it set off.