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Thu Jul 7, 2016, 10:11 PM Jul 2016

Many injured in Taiwan train blast

Source: BBC

An explosion ripped through a busy commuter train in Taiwan's capital, Taipei, late on Thursday injuring at least 24 people, police say.

The blast hit a train at Taipei's Songshan station before midnight leaving some passengers badly burned.

Police told local media they found a broken tube with explosive material inside that looked like a firecracker.

Premier Lin Chuan told media it appeared "malicious" but police have not ruled out an accident.

Read more: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-36742640

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I remember a train crash Xipe Totec Jul 2016 #1

Xipe Totec

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1. I remember a train crash
Thu Jul 7, 2016, 10:17 PM
Jul 2016

In my home town in Mexico. The name of the town is not important.

But I remember the crash. The strident screech of the cars one against the other.

I remember climbing up over the debris.

I remember a man dying. Pinned to one of the cars by a piece of drilling pipe piercing his guts.

I remember him begging for water.

Water. Water. Water. I am so thirsty...

And us, unable to help.

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