Sabotage
Derailments have also been caused by deliberate means, usually during wartime or by bandits.
During Word War II, the French Resistance made various sabotage attempts against Nazi supplies being transported by rail.
The 2002 Jaunpur train crash and Rafiganj train disaster in India were suspected to be the work of militants.
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