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The anchor: Homs - Al-Souda: a group of saboteurs targeted
a passengers train traveling from Aleppo to Damascus
on 23.07.2011 at 03:00 AM... The train was carrying 480 passengers in addition to the 20-persons train staff
According to Addounia correspondent: the terrorist groups
destroyed a part of the railway which caused the train to derail
the leading carriage was burned, the driver was martyred and his assistant was severely injured.
Many passengers were also injured
the reporter: they traveled from Aleppo to Damascus, 480 citizens, many of them are women and children
others are patients were heading to Damascus in order to receive medical care
in the village of Kazhal in Al-Souda in Homs
the terrorism was stalking them, while the providence was protecting them
terrorism The goal is to commit a massacre
the reporter: the details
the terrorist groups targeted the train on a bridge with water beneath
dismantled the rails and burned rubber tires on his path
not that only, but the terrorists opened fire at the train
the train derailed, the leading carriage was completely burned
Homs Governor Ghassan Abd Al-Aal: I think, none who sees this
will never consider it as a first-degree ***
today at 1:00 AM, a freight train traveled from Homs to Aleppo with no problem
the saboteurs were monitoring the train traffic
The sabotage occurred in the time between 01:00 AM and 03:00
at some time within these two hours, this part of the rails has been dismantled
the reporter the train driver martyred and tens of passengers were injured
the providence was there to prevent a disaster that could take the lives of many innocents from our people
the driver assistant: we were surprised as the leading carriage moved to the left then to the right, and the train derailed
and turned over on its side... after that we woke up on the ground
a group of passengers came and extracted me, I said to them, put me on the ground and go to rescue the driver
they tried to rescue the driver but they could not
they brought Fire extinguishers, but that was not enough and the fire did not stop... The driver was burned
Director of the Railways General Establishment George Makaabary: on this bridge a group of terrorists dismantled some rails
which caused a malfunction in the railway, and of course any malfunction will result the train to derail
The leading carriage derailed about 50 meter from the railway
the technical supervisor of the railway: there are tire traces of motorcycles which indicates that there were saboteurs
they are well-trained and experts, they removed the connection between two rails
at the end of a curve before the bridge
this proves that this act was well-planned
their goal was to cause the leading carriage and all the other carriages to fall into the river
and that would cause a disaster
the reporter: no words, no tears, no sadness in the world can give back a single droplet of the blood that was shed
or a soul we lost
None can talk, but the Syrians still have the hope
that tomorrow is going to be better, and they are able to turn their sadness into smiles
on the faces of their children
a passenger: The train derailed, I looked around... I saw the smoke rising from the leading carriage
we were sitting in the next carriage
the people fell over each other, and the train turned over on its side and started to burn
Another passenger: we were traveling and every thing looked good, I fell asleep, also my father
I woke up terrified as the train started to shake
I saw dust, and the train slipped then turned over on its side
the reporter: This bloody dawn is not new in the Syrian history
A lot of Syrians can still remember the series of terrorist attacks and explosions
that Damascus and other Syrian cities witnessed in the eighties
when the transportation was targeted
and those who execute are simply criminals who use a tolerant religion to which they do not actually belong
a lot of Syrians see what is happening today from criminal and terrorists acts
to be committed by those
they prove that and refer to the sheikh Adnan Al-Arour
when he condones the killing of 100 thousand of Aleppo citizens to achieve his goals
Al-Arour talking: How many they would kill... Let them kill 100 thousand in Aleppo
the reporter: this imposter dreams, as the Syrians assure
they see that the generous loyal people of Aleppo,
who got their share from the hatred
will stay a thorn in the faces of these terrorists
and they will stay in the heart of every honest Syrian