During a routine check on the Erzurum-Erzincan railway route, the Turkish gendarmery discovered explosives planted in two different points on the railway tracks close to the Sansa river, according to local sources. The gendarmery immediately seized 25 kg of C-4 type explosives. While destroying the explosives, the gendarmery encountered a group of men thought to be militants, however the men got away.

Gendarmery said that the explosives was set up to explode at around 7.30 a.m. while Erzurum Express would pass.