BREAKING: Five dead as high-speed train derails near French city

UK Express ^ | November 14 | Rob Virtue

[PghBaldy]

AT LEAST five people have died and seven have been injured after a high-speed train derailed near the French City of Strasbourg, local media has reported.

[FourPeas]

The train was a high-speed underground train on the new Paris to Strasbourg line.

It derailed near the German border at Eckwersheim.

[canuck_conservative]

Derailment at a bridge crossing.

Classic terrorist move.

I’m saying this was no coincidence.

[Don Corleone]

The west, despite all the political bluster, is low hanging fruit for terrorist warfare. Just as guerrilla warfare is difficult for massed armies to combat, terrorism by its very nature is always in the shadows and can pop out at any time. Eternal vigilance is the price we pay for freedom both at home and away.

[maggief]

[Jane Long]

Of course.

KNOWN should be the keyword.

[trisham]

Excellent.

[FourPeas]

I didn’t think it looked like a derailment, either. Pieces of the cars seem to be separated more than I’d expect.

[Zuben Elgenubi]

VERY short article

Very short response: ISIS bombed the rail line.

[Bluebird Singing]

It “caught fire” and then left the tracks, according to the article.

[Tijeras_Slim]

The TGV trains ain't your normal choo choo.

The TGV holds the world speed record for conventional trains. On 3 April 2007 a modified TGV POS train reached 574.8 km/h (357.2 mph) under test conditions on the LGV Est between Paris and Strasbourg.

[mountn man]

Probably the same FBI guy, that moments after the Boston bombing, he rationalized in his years of experience that it was the work of some right wing group.

[Red Badger]

Then, I hear some fbi expert telling some cnn assclowns that it’s nearly impossible to obtain AK-47’s in France but you can buy them from just about anyone in Afghanistan.

This proves the old adage, "When guns are outlawed, then only outlaws will have guns.".........The Left's mantra 'We must have more Gun Control' is going down in flames, literally................

[Marie Antoinette]

Yes, that was my thought. It looks blown in half. And to bits, for that matter.

[Kudsman]

So how long before some gov’t/media dolt asks the same question, “ Is it homegrown saboteurs or from abroad”?

[Black Agnes]

Could have been a bomb on that bridge that ‘derailed’ the train when it crossed.

[jennychase]

Kerry is promoting Regime change in Syria.

[Georgia Girl 2]

Looks like somebody blowed it up real good.

[FourPeas]

The AFP news agency is quoting sources as saying the derailment happened due to "excessive speed".

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[RushIsMyTeddyBear]

Yeah, it does.

[theoldmarine]

That is NOT a ‘derailment’... that train was blown off the tracks!