Information About Incident 46638-90657-227796 in Baran India

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A powerful explosion triggered by unidentified militants derailed four coaches of the 5963 Down Barak Valley Express on Lumding-Silchar metre gauge hill section between Lower Haflong and Bagetar stations in Dima Hasao District of Assam at 12:15pm on October 27, reports Shillong Times.

From this sentence, the following information was extracted.

• Meta Location: Barak Valley Express Lumding Silchar Lower Haflong Bagetar Dima Hasao District of Assam Shillong Times
• Matched District: Baran
• Actgroup: attack
• Actor: by unidentified militants
• Subject: A powerful explosion

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A powerful explosion triggered by unidentified militants derailed four coaches of the 5963 Down Barak Valley Express on Lumding-Silchar metre gauge hill section between Lower Haflong and Bagetar stations in Dima Hasao District of Assam at 12:15pm on October 27, reports Shillong Times. The Police are yet to ascertain which group was behind it. Though Dima Halam Daogah (DHD) Black Widow (BW) are presently under truce with the Government, the DHD called for a bandh (General Strike) in the hill District on October 26 night asking for an end to harassment of its cadres by the Police. The blast took place on the day when the first Jatinga International Tourism Festival was inaugurated in Jatinga village of North Cacher Hills District located about 40 kilometers away from the blast site.

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