A TER passenger train derailed near Cléon in Seine-Maritime after striking a large piece of rail on the tracks. [1] AP filed 44 injured, no fatalities, and French authorities treating a malicious act as a leading possibility. [1] CNN filed the same injury count and an open inquiry. [2] Print possible sabotage. Do not print a named cell.
The train was on the Rouen-to-Caen run with 186 passengers in Saturday's stack. [1] One carriage overturned. An 18-year-old woman was airlifted and later reported no longer in immediate danger. [1] A critical passenger is not a death. A rail fragment is not a manifesto.
Prosecutors had not called it terrorism in fetched copy. No arrests were in Saturday's file. Print the derailment. Print the investigation. Leave a conviction to the edition that owns a conviction.
-- HENDRIK VAN DER BERG, Brussels