3 killed in another blast at scene of Saturday’s train derailment in Songkhla
Passenger train in Thailand. Photo: Daniel Foster / flickr. CC BY-NC-SA 2.0.
Three Thai railway officials have been killed and four others injured in an explosion this morning (Tuesday), about 200 metres from the scene of a blast on Saturday, when a freight train, travelling from Hat Yai town to Padang Besar border town, was derailed.
The three men were among a group of seven employees of the State Railway of Thailand assigned to repair the damaged rail tracks and remove derailed carriages from the scene.
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