A passenger train came under attack by separatist militants in Pakistan’s Balochistan province on Tuesday, injuring a train driver, according to police and railway officials.
The train, Jaffar Express was bound for Peshawar in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa from Quetta in Balochistan province, the railway officials said, reported Reuters.
The Baloch Liberation Army (BLA), a militant separatist group, claimed responsibility for the attack saying they had taken hostages from the train, including security forces.
“There are reports of intense firing at a Jaffar Express [train], which was heading from Quetta to Peshawar, between Peerokanri and Gadalar,” a spokesperson for the Balochistan government, Shahid Rind said in a statement, reported Dawn.
He noted that the firing could be a terrorist incident and added that investigations were underway.
A passenger train came under attack by separatist militants in Pakistan’s Balochistan province on Tuesday, injuring a train driver, according to police and railway officials.
The train, Jaffar Express was bound for Peshawar in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa from Quetta in Balochistan province, the railway officials said, reported Reuters.
The Baloch Liberation Army (BLA), a militant separatist group, claimed responsibility for the attack saying they had taken hostages from the train, including security forces.
“There are reports of intense firing at a Jaffar Express [train], which was heading from Quetta to Peshawar, between Peerokanri and Gadalar,” a spokesperson for the Balochistan government, Shahid Rind said in a statement, reported Dawn.
He noted that the firing could be a terrorist incident and added that investigations were underway.
A passenger train came under attack by separatist militants in Pakistan’s Balochistan province on Tuesday, injuring a train driver, according to police and railway officials.
The train, Jaffar Express was bound for Peshawar in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa from Quetta in Balochistan province, the railway officials said, reported Reuters.
The Baloch Liberation Army (BLA), a militant separatist group, claimed responsibility for the attack saying they had taken hostages from the train, including security forces.
“There are reports of intense firing at a Jaffar Express [train], which was heading from Quetta to Peshawar, between Peerokanri and Gadalar,” a spokesperson for the Balochistan government, Shahid Rind said in a statement, reported Dawn.
He noted that the firing could be a terrorist incident and added that investigations were underway.
A passenger train came under attack by separatist militants in Pakistan’s Balochistan province on Tuesday, injuring a train driver, according to police and railway officials.
The train, Jaffar Express was bound for Peshawar in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa from Quetta in Balochistan province, the railway officials said, reported Reuters.
The Baloch Liberation Army (BLA), a militant separatist group, claimed responsibility for the attack saying they had taken hostages from the train, including security forces.
“There are reports of intense firing at a Jaffar Express [train], which was heading from Quetta to Peshawar, between Peerokanri and Gadalar,” a spokesperson for the Balochistan government, Shahid Rind said in a statement, reported Dawn.
He noted that the firing could be a terrorist incident and added that investigations were underway.
A passenger train came under attack by separatist militants in Pakistan’s Balochistan province on Tuesday, injuring a train driver, according to police and railway officials.
The train, Jaffar Express was bound for Peshawar in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa from Quetta in Balochistan province, the railway officials said, reported Reuters.
The Baloch Liberation Army (BLA), a militant separatist group, claimed responsibility for the attack saying they had taken hostages from the train, including security forces.
“There are reports of intense firing at a Jaffar Express [train], which was heading from Quetta to Peshawar, between Peerokanri and Gadalar,” a spokesperson for the Balochistan government, Shahid Rind said in a statement, reported Dawn.
He noted that the firing could be a terrorist incident and added that investigations were underway.
A passenger train came under attack by separatist militants in Pakistan’s Balochistan province on Tuesday, injuring a train driver, according to police and railway officials.
The train, Jaffar Express was bound for Peshawar in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa from Quetta in Balochistan province, the railway officials said, reported Reuters.
The Baloch Liberation Army (BLA), a militant separatist group, claimed responsibility for the attack saying they had taken hostages from the train, including security forces.
“There are reports of intense firing at a Jaffar Express [train], which was heading from Quetta to Peshawar, between Peerokanri and Gadalar,” a spokesperson for the Balochistan government, Shahid Rind said in a statement, reported Dawn.
He noted that the firing could be a terrorist incident and added that investigations were underway.
A passenger train came under attack by separatist militants in Pakistan’s Balochistan province on Tuesday, injuring a train driver, according to police and railway officials.
The train, Jaffar Express was bound for Peshawar in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa from Quetta in Balochistan province, the railway officials said, reported Reuters.
The Baloch Liberation Army (BLA), a militant separatist group, claimed responsibility for the attack saying they had taken hostages from the train, including security forces.
“There are reports of intense firing at a Jaffar Express [train], which was heading from Quetta to Peshawar, between Peerokanri and Gadalar,” a spokesperson for the Balochistan government, Shahid Rind said in a statement, reported Dawn.
He noted that the firing could be a terrorist incident and added that investigations were underway.
A passenger train came under attack by separatist militants in Pakistan’s Balochistan province on Tuesday, injuring a train driver, according to police and railway officials.
The train, Jaffar Express was bound for Peshawar in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa from Quetta in Balochistan province, the railway officials said, reported Reuters.
The Baloch Liberation Army (BLA), a militant separatist group, claimed responsibility for the attack saying they had taken hostages from the train, including security forces.
“There are reports of intense firing at a Jaffar Express [train], which was heading from Quetta to Peshawar, between Peerokanri and Gadalar,” a spokesperson for the Balochistan government, Shahid Rind said in a statement, reported Dawn.
He noted that the firing could be a terrorist incident and added that investigations were underway.
