Couple lost five children in train bombing

A Pakistani couple injured in a deadly train bombing in a remote Indian village returned home today with caskets containing the charred remains of five of their children, officials said.

A Pakistani couple injured in a deadly train bombing in a remote Indian village returned home today with caskets containing the charred remains of five of their children, officials said.

The five children, aged six to 15, were among 68 passengers killed when two bombs sparked a fire that tore through carriages on the Samjhauta Express, a Pakistan-India train link set up under a three-year-old peace process between the two long-time archrivals.

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