WORLD IN BRIEF : INDIA : 60 Die in Train Fire Set by Protesters
At least 60 people burned to death when leftist radicals set fire to a train car in a protest that went awry near the south Indian city of Hyderabad, police said. They said Maoists poured kerosene on the floor of the car after boarding it to distribute leaflets supporting government plans to increase jobs reserved for lower-caste Hindus. The Maoists told the 120 to 150 passengers in the car to get out, set the kerosene on fire, then jumped off. Panic ensued when passengers were unable to open five of the six car doors, police quoted survivors as saying.
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