44 Injured in Train Derailment in France...Police Suspect Sabotage
A passenger train derailed in France, injuring 44 people.
According to AFP, at around 7:45 p.m. local time on the 11th, a regional express train (TER) operating between Rouen and Caen in northwestern France went off the tracks near Cleon in Seine-Maritime. Out of the 186 people on board, 44 were injured, and among them, one 18-year-old woman remains in critical condition.
AFP reported that police are investigating the incident under the suspicion of sabotage after it was confirmed that a section of the railway had been detached.
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In November last year, a metal clamp, believed to be an explosive device designed to induce derailment, was discovered on the railway connecting Warsaw and Lublin in eastern Poland. Authorities suspected that two Ukrainians, believed to have been recruited by Russian intelligence, were behind the operation.
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