Derailed railway in Dagestan resumes services

Repair work on the railway to the Azerbaijani capital of Baku was completed at 05:17 a.m. Moscow time (0117 GMT) on Monday, the Itar-Tass news agency reported citing local emergencies officials.

An explosion caused by a device equivalent to 5 kg of TNT derailed eight cars of a cargo train in Russia's North Caucasian republic of Dagestan early Sunday. No casualties were reported.

Another explosion caused by a device equivalent to 1 kg of TNT, which was placed a few meters away, was intended to target the investigators, according to officials from the Federal Security Service.

Preliminary investigation suggested the railway explosions were the latest of a series of terrorist attacks launched by North Caucasus rebels; Kazinform cites China Daily. See www.chinadaily.com.cn for full version.