BLAST KILLS 2, INJURES 35 IN PARIS RAIL STATION; TERRORISM SUSPECTED.Byline: The New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of Times A powerful explosion ripped apart one car of a packed commuter train pulling into a Paris rail station at the height of the evening rush hour Tuesday night, killing two passengers and critically wounding seven in what President Jacques Chirac condemned as ``an act of barbarity and terrorism.'' The authorities immediately reactivated antiterrorist an·ti·ter·ror·ist adj. Intended to prevent or counteract terrorism; counterterror: antiterrorist measures. an security precautions that had been relaxed after a series of similar explosions last year in which eight people died. The 1995 attacks were mounted by Algerian Muslim militants opposed to French support for Algeria's military-backed government. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the blast Tuesday night, but Prime Minister Alain Juppe, who rushed to the scene, said it was caused by an explosive device. The police said 85 people in all had suffered injuries or shock. The blast ripped open the doors of the train, on the southbound south·bound adj. Going toward the south. southbound Adjective going towards the south Adj. 1. track of the Port Royal station of the regional express network on the Left Bank, and scattered Scattered Used for listed equity securities. Unconcentrated buy or sell interest. the injured in·jure tr.v. in·jured, in·jur·ing, in·jures 1. To cause physical harm to; hurt. 2. To cause damage to; impair. 3. , totaling 35, over the platform. Scores of police vehicles and ambulances rushed to the scene and hundreds of police officers sealed off the station. Witnesses said the blast occurred at 6:03 p.m. People living nearby said dense smoke smelling of gunpowder gunpowder, explosive mixture; its most common formula, called "black powder," is a combination of saltpeter, sulfur, and carbon in the form of charcoal. Historically, the relative amounts of the components have varied. came boiling up out of the station, which is only half underground as the rail line passes under Boulevard Montparnasse. ``I was in the front,'' said a passenger on the train who did not give his name. ``People rushed out. There were badly hurt people on the floor in the middle of the train, which was still burning.'' |
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