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15 train robbers killed by poison gas 20 Sep 2008 07:20:08 GMT

Source: Reuters

GUWAHATI, India, Sept 20 (Reuters) - At least 15 Indian train robbers looking to steal diesel from a freight carriage died on Saturday after inhaling poison gas stored in another tank they accidentally broke open, police said.

A police patrol party said they found 30 other people lying unconscious on both sides of a forested train track in India's Assam state.

"We found many empty drums which they must have brought with them to fill with oil," a local police officer said by phone.

The train was earlier stopped by dozens of armed people who police believe were members of a gang which frequently steals crude oil from trains and pipelines carrying oil to refineries in the oil-rich state. (Reporting by Biswajyoti Das; Editing by Bappa Majumdar)

Submitted on 09/20/2008

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Reference: http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/DEL239360.htm

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>> Moderator Scores <<

James said:
Definitely Toss: No Self-Selection
This is certainly more a case of criminal intent and divine retribution than premeditated stupidity! NO ONE would have known what was in those tanks, and once opened, all shared in the benefit of their contents!


Bruce said:
Definitely Toss: Bystanders Hurt
Thanks, but all those unconscious people are innocent bystanders that were likely hurt from the poison. And any of the robbers who weren't involved in actually opening the wrong tanks could be classified that way as well.


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