A cargo train was derailed after an explosive device went off in the Senaki district of Samegrelo region, according to the Georgian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA).

Yet unidentified explosive device was planted on the railway section close to the village of Teklati, about three kilometers away from Senaki; the cargo train was transporting mazut to Black Sea terminal in Kulevi, according to the local officials.

This was the fifth similar incident on the railway in western Georgia since June, 2009. All the previous incidents occurred in the Zugdidi district of Samegrelo region.