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| Police in India have issued images of two men they believe got off a train just moments before it was hit by a deadly bomb attack on Sunday night. | Police in India have issued images of two men they believe got off a train just moments before it was hit by a deadly bomb attack on Sunday night. |
| The men got off the train "15 minutes" before the blast, the police said. | The men got off the train "15 minutes" before the blast, the police said. |
| At least 67 people were killed when explosives started a fire on two carriages of the Delhi-Lahore train. | At least 67 people were killed when explosives started a fire on two carriages of the Delhi-Lahore train. |
| Pakistan's foreign minister, due in Delhi for key talks later on Tuesday, has vowed that the attack will not undermine peace efforts with India. | Pakistan's foreign minister, due in Delhi for key talks later on Tuesday, has vowed that the attack will not undermine peace efforts with India. |
| Noting the attack was timed to coincide with his visit, Mr Kasuri said: "The governments of India and Pakistan should not allow the perpetrators of this incident to achieve their objectives. | Noting the attack was timed to coincide with his visit, Mr Kasuri said: "The governments of India and Pakistan should not allow the perpetrators of this incident to achieve their objectives. |
| Mr Kasuri said the attack should instead "hasten the peace process". | Mr Kasuri said the attack should instead "hasten the peace process". |
| Haryana state police official Sharad Kumar told reporters that the two men police want to question boarded the train in Delhi and began an argument with the conductor, saying that they were on a wrong train. | Haryana state police official Sharad Kumar told reporters that the two men police want to question boarded the train in Delhi and began an argument with the conductor, saying that they were on a wrong train. |
| This heinous crime cannot be justified by any cause and its perpetrators should be brought to justice Ban Ki-moon,UN Secretary General In pictures: Blasts aftermath Rivals' cautious response "These people got down, and the blasts happened 15 minutes later," Mr Kumar said. | This heinous crime cannot be justified by any cause and its perpetrators should be brought to justice Ban Ki-moon,UN Secretary General In pictures: Blasts aftermath Rivals' cautious response "These people got down, and the blasts happened 15 minutes later," Mr Kumar said. |
| However, it is not clear how the two men got off the speeding train, which had only slowed down after the driver was alerted that there was fire in two carriages. | However, it is not clear how the two men got off the speeding train, which had only slowed down after the driver was alerted that there was fire in two carriages. |
| Witnesses said they saw people screaming and struggling to get out of the fire-stricken carriages, hampered by bars on the windows. | Witnesses said they saw people screaming and struggling to get out of the fire-stricken carriages, hampered by bars on the windows. |
| "We couldn't save anyone. They were screaming inside but no-one could get out," rescue worker Rajinder Prasad said. | "We couldn't save anyone. They were screaming inside but no-one could get out," rescue worker Rajinder Prasad said. |
| Mr Kumar said the police had recovered 14 plastic bottles "filled with kerosene", a suitcase and plastic digital timers from the site of the blasts. | Mr Kumar said the police had recovered 14 plastic bottles "filled with kerosene", a suitcase and plastic digital timers from the site of the blasts. |
| One person has been detained in connection with the attack, Railway Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav said. | One person has been detained in connection with the attack, Railway Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav said. |
| Urgency | Urgency |
| Most of those killed on the Friendship Express near Panipat, 80km (50 miles) from Delhi, were Pakistanis. | Most of those killed on the Friendship Express near Panipat, 80km (50 miles) from Delhi, were Pakistanis. |
| By Tuesday morning 11 bodies, seven of them Pakistanis, had been identified doctors at the Panipat government hospital. | By Tuesday morning 11 bodies, seven of them Pakistanis, had been identified doctors at the Panipat government hospital. |
| The twice-weekly train service, one of only two rail links between India and Pakistan, was restarted in 2004 after a two-year gap as part of the peace process between the two countries. | The twice-weekly train service, one of only two rail links between India and Pakistan, was restarted in 2004 after a two-year gap as part of the peace process between the two countries. |
| Indian police isay they want to question these two menBBC South Asia regional editor Sanjay Dasgupta says the timing and the choice of target may end up providing a degree of urgency to Tuesday's talks between Mr Kasuri and his Indian counterpart Pranab Mukherjee. | |
| Unlike in similar attacks, our correspondent says, there has been no finger pointing this time, let alone outright accusations. | Unlike in similar attacks, our correspondent says, there has been no finger pointing this time, let alone outright accusations. |
| Mr Kasuri will arrive on a special flight and told Pakistani media before travelling he would be carrying some proposals to liberalise visa programmes. | Mr Kasuri will arrive on a special flight and told Pakistani media before travelling he would be carrying some proposals to liberalise visa programmes. |
| He said the sides would also sign an agreement on reducing the risk of nuclear accidents. | He said the sides would also sign an agreement on reducing the risk of nuclear accidents. |
| Other issues high on the agenda will be the disputed region of Kashmir, where militant groups have been fighting Indian administration, and troop levels on the Siachen glacier. | Other issues high on the agenda will be the disputed region of Kashmir, where militant groups have been fighting Indian administration, and troop levels on the Siachen glacier. |