Two people have been arrested in connection with a metro train derailment in Moscow which left more than 20 people dead and injured scores more, Russia’s Investigative Committee said Wednesday.

 

The pair held on suspicion of violating transport safety rules are a maintenance foreman, Valery Bashkatov, and his assistant, Yury Gordov, a statement on the committee’s website said.

 

The men were involved in overseeing recent work on a rail junction switch on a section of track between Park Pobedy and Slavyansky Bulvar stations, the committee said.

 

The two suspects have been questioned and the authorities intend to charge them soon, the committee said. Meanwhile, investigators are continuing to examine the circumstances of the derailment and others involved in the works.

 

At least 22 people were killed when three metro train cars derailed in the tunnel during Tuesday’s morning rush hour, the state-run RIA Novosti news agency said.

 

Another 160 were injured, of whom more than 120 were hospitalized, according to the Moscow health care department. Of those, a few dozen were in critical condition.

 

 

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