Dec 9, 2009, 7:40 GMT
Kiev - Police destroyed a suspected bomb found aboard a Russian train while it was passing through Ukraine's Kharkiv province, the Interfax news agency reported Wednesday.
A conductor aboard a passenger express running between the Russian city of St Petersburg and the Ukrainian city of Sevastopol discovered the device Tuesday evening as the train was passing through Kharkiv province, in eastern Ukraine.
Ukrainian railroad managers routed the train onto an isolated sidetrack, evacuated passengers and notified law enforcement officials.
A police bomb squad removed the package from the train and destroyed it nearby in a controlled explosion.
No injuries were reported, and the train continued its southward journey before midnight, said Pavlo Odariuk, a spokesman for Ukraine's Emergency Situations Ministry.
The discovery of a suspected explosive device came less than two weeks after a high-speed express train travelling between Moscow and St Petersburg was bombed, killing a total 27 passengers and railroad staff.
Russian law enforcement officials have blamed terrorists, possibly ethnic Chechen or Ingush insurgents for the attack.
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