Russia Opens Terrorist Investigation After Freight Train Derailed

Russian investigators have opened a terrorism investigation after a major freight train was derailed due to what they said was a homemade bomb on the railway line in the Ryazan region, the investigative committee said. “According to the investigation, at 07:12 on November 11, 2023, an improvised explosive device exploded,” the committee said. “As a result, 19 wagons of the freight train were derailed.” Nineteen carriages traveling from the town of Rybnoye were thrown from the tracks and 15 were damaged, investigators wrote in a statement on social media. They said they would be opening a criminal investigation on terrorism charges. Both the train driver and assistant train driver received medical attention at the scene....