ISAS Briefs

The blasts on the train between India and Paki stan killed 68 on the night of 18 February 2007, many of them Pakistanis. The damage could ha ve been worse had other incendiary material discovered at the site of the incident also e xploded. The contents of the unexploded suitcases suggest that the devices contai ned incendiary materials designed to start fires in coaches rather than destroy them through explosion. Many of those who died would probably have been able to escape had the doors of the coaches not been sealed and had the windows not had bars placed across them. For security reas ons, police seal the doors of the coaches in Delhi after a security check and these are only opened at the border between India and Pakistan.