Little details at this point but several people are reported dead.
MADURAI, INDIA (BNO NEWS) – At least several people are reported dead after an explosion hit a train station in India’s Madurai district on Tuesday, according to local media reports.
The blast hit Cholavandam Railway Station around 6.05 p.m. local time, when a passenger train was entering the station. Reports said at least two men and one woman had been killed. The cause of the explosion, which also injured at least two people, was not immediately known.
CNN-IBN reported that the roof of the train station had collapsed following the explosion. Cholavandan Railway Station is located about 15.5 miles (25 kilometers) from Madurai city.
*update*
2 killed. Some say it was a “fire-cracker” blast. I find that hard to believe…
Chennai, Oct 6 – Two people were killed and nine others injured when an explosion rocked the Cholavanthan railway station near Madurai in Tamil Nadu Tuesday evening, police said.
‘Paramasivam, a beetlenut vendor, and Ram, a transporter, were killed in the blast,’ Deputy Inspector General (Madurai) P. Balasubramanian told IANS on telephone.
‘Initial indications show that it was a (fire-) cracker blast. We have gathered remnants of the cracker. We have also seized a gunny bag full of what is commonly known as ‘onion bomb’,’ he added.
He, however, said the exact nature of the explosion was being investigated.
Police suspected Ram could be carrying the gunny bags with fire-crackers. He might have put the bags down with some force, causing the crackers to explode on impact.
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