Blast derails passenger train in Chechnya

"This was a terrorist attack," Alexei Panteleyev, the deputy governor of the Moscow region, was quoted as saying by RIA Novosti news agency hours after the incident, which coincided with the annual national independence day holiday in Russia.

There were no reported fatalities but five people were hospitalised with injuries and 37 others sought medical attention after five cars jumped the tracks near the town of Uzunovo about 150km southeast of Moscow, according to Russian media reports.