Iran Mourns Train Blast Victims

World | February 19, 2004, Thursday // 00:00
Iran Mourns Train Blast Victims Iranian President Mohammad Khatami ordered a tough investigation into how railway wagons loaded with highly explosive cargoes managed to run away and explode, as the death toll rose to 320. Photo by AFP

Stunned residents in Iran's north-east began burying more than 300 people killed when a runaway train exploded. The thunderous blast killed everyone at the scene, and wiped out at least five nearby mud brick villages. More than 20,000 residents of Neyshabur town turned out for the funeral of local Governor Mojtaba Farahmand-Nekou, one of several officials at the scene. As local Red Crescent officials said the death toll was on the rise, the government ordered an urgent inquiry.

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