Newsday.com - AP World News : "DORTMUND, Germany -- A high-speed train carrying 200 passengers struck six metal slabs attached to tracks in an apparent attempt to derail it, authorities said Sunday. The train was able to slow down in time and stayed on the rails.
None of the InterCityExpress train's passengers were injured in the collision with the metal pieces early Saturday. The 38-pound metal slabs had been screwed onto tracks between the towns of Kamen and Nordboegge on a line linking Cologne and Berlin.
The incident comes amid a flurry of attacks and attempted attacks on European train lines. On March 11, 10 bombs planted on Spanish commuter trains killed 191 people and wounded more than 1,800.
On March 24, a bomb was found half-buried on a train track near the town of Troyes, some 100 miles southeast of Paris, triggering a massive inspection of the nation's rail network.
Spanish authorities on Friday discovered a bomb planted under a high-speed rail line 40 miles south of Madrid.
Dortmund prosecutor Henner Kruse said it was unclear whether the metal slabs could have derailed the train had the driver not braked. Kruse said prosecutors had no information yet as to who might have been responsible. "
None of the InterCityExpress train's passengers were injured in the collision with the metal pieces early Saturday. The 38-pound metal slabs had been screwed onto tracks between the towns of Kamen and Nordboegge on a line linking Cologne and Berlin.
The incident comes amid a flurry of attacks and attempted attacks on European train lines. On March 11, 10 bombs planted on Spanish commuter trains killed 191 people and wounded more than 1,800.
On March 24, a bomb was found half-buried on a train track near the town of Troyes, some 100 miles southeast of Paris, triggering a massive inspection of the nation's rail network.
Spanish authorities on Friday discovered a bomb planted under a high-speed rail line 40 miles south of Madrid.
Dortmund prosecutor Henner Kruse said it was unclear whether the metal slabs could have derailed the train had the driver not braked. Kruse said prosecutors had no information yet as to who might have been responsible. "
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