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2007 Samjhauta Express bombings

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Panipat is located in Haryana

The 2007 Samjhauta Express bombings were terrorist attacks that occurred around midnight on 18 February 2007 on the Samjhauta Express, a twice-weekly train service connecting Delhi, India, and Lahore, Pakistan.[4] Bombs were set off in two carriages, both filled with passengers, just after the train passed Diwana station near the Indian city of Panipat, 80 kilometres (50 mi) north of New Delhi.[3][5] Sixty-eight people were killed in the ensuing fire and dozens more were injured.[6] Of the 68 fatalities, most were Pakistani civilians. The victims also included some Indian civilians and three railway policemen.[7]

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