Explosive found at Indian railway station

Friday, 18 August 2017 16:00

A bomb was discovered by workers at a railway station in India.

The 10kg explosive was uncovered in the Guwahati train station building in the Assam region in the north east of the country.

Bomb disposal experts were deployed to the scene to retrieve what has been called an IED. An official said the potential radius of the weapon could have been up to 100 metres.

It is believed the bomb was discovered when railway workers were sorting through bags and could hear a ticking noise from one of the bags bound for Silchar.

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