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Maoist blast railway station in Andhra Pradesh
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NewsByte on 26 March, 2008 03:42:00
 
Maoists blasted a railway station in Vizianagaram district of Andhra Pradesh
late last night, police said today.  A group of seven maoists, including three
women, went to the Gumada Railway station of Eastern Railways and exploded it
after planting gelatin sticks. The extremists asked four railway staff on night
duty to come out from the station before blasting it.  The signal system was
badly damaged in the blast and traffic between Vizianagaram (Andhra Pradesh) and
Orissa was disrupted following the incident, police said.(PTI)