Passenger train derailed by saboteurs in Russia: Live updates

Seven people were killed and dozens more injured in what officials are calling a deliberate act of sabotage

A bridge overpass collapsed onto train tracks in Russia's Bryansk region, derailing a Moscow-bound passenger train on Saturday evening. At least seven people were killed and 69 others injured, according to officials, who are already treating the incident as a deliberate act of sabotage.

"A bridge on a highway was blown up as a train with 388 passengers was moving under it," Bryansk Region Governor Alexander Bogomaz told the television channel Russia 24 on Sunday morning.

First responders continue to rescue people from the wreckage.

(RT.com)

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