Pakistan Train Hijack Live: At least 16 terrorists were killed and 104 passengers rescued by the security forces after Baloch militants hijacked a passenger train in a tunnel in Pakistan’s Balochistan province on March 11, reports said. The Jaffar Express, carrying around 400 passengers in nine bogies, was travelling from Quetta to Peshawar when armed men intercepted it in a tunnel near the mountainous terrain of Gudalar and Piru Kunri. The Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) later claimed responsibility for the attack. Reports said the passengers rescued, including 58 men, 31 women and 15 children, have been sent to Mach (a town in Kachhi district in Balochistan province of Pakistan) by another train. The Pakistan media reported intense firing and explosion near the tunnel, where the militants hijacked the train. Pakistan Railways had resumed train services to Peshawar from Quetta after a suspension of more than a month-and-a-half.
At least 16 terrorists were killed and 104 passengers rescued by the security forces after Baloch militants hijacked a passenger train in a tunnel in Pakistan’s Balochistan province on March 11, reports said.The Jaffar Express, carrying around 400 passengers in nine bogies, was travelling from Quetta to Peshawar when armed men intercepted it in a tunnel near the mountainous terrain of Gudalar and Piru Kunri. The Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) later claimed responsibility for the attack.
Reports said the passengers rescued, including 58 men, 31 women and 15 children, have been sent to Mach (a town in Kachhi district in Balochistan province of Pakistan) by another train.
The Pakistan media reported intense firing and explosions near the tunnel, where the militants hijacked the train.
Pakistan Railways had resumed train services to Peshawar from Quetta after a suspension of more than a month and a half.
