Nearly 250 passengers are still being held hostage in a train hijacking in Pakistan’s southwestern province of Balochistan. However, according to the latest reports, security forces have rescued 200 passengers so far. The separatist group Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) has claimed responsibility for the attack. On Wednesday, there was a tense situation between security forces and militants. On Tuesday, militants attacked the train inside a tunnel in Balan district. The militants wearing explosive vests took positions inside the train along with the hostages. As a result, security forces are unable…
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Pakistan train attack, 450 passengers held hostage
The Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) has attacked a passenger train, the Zafar Express, in Pakistan’s Balochistan province and taken passengers hostage. The incident took place on Tuesday (March 11) in the remote CB area of Balochistan’s Bolan district. The train was carrying Pakistani army personnel, including women and children. BBC and AFP reported. The Zafar Express, bound for Peshawar, started its journey from Quetta at 9 am. When it reached CB around 1 pm, BLA members detonated a bomb on the railway line and stopped the train. Then they took…
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