2nd train blast injures Russian investigator

Russia's top investigative body says its chief was injured by a bomb that went off as he and colleagues were scouring the wreckage of a passenger train that derailed due to an earlier blast.

Russia's top investigative body says its chief was injured by a bomb that went off as he and colleagues were scouring the wreckage of a passenger train that derailed due to an earlier blast.

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The last three carriages of the Nevsky Express flew off the tracks late Friday, killing 26 and injuring dozens more in what officials consider a terrorist bombing.

Russian Railways says a second explosion occurred Saturday as officials investigated the wreckage site. The federal Investigative Committee said Tuesday its chief Alexander Bastrykin was hurt in the blast.

A statement on the committee's Web site says the blast was remotely detonated.

Russian news agencies reported that Bastrykin's injury was not serious.