Attackers wearing suicide bombs were sitting next to passengers taken hostage after militants took over a train in southwest Pakistan, sources said on Wednesday, complicating rescue efforts a day after the country’s first such hijacking. The separatist militants blew up a railway track and opened fire on the Jaffar Express on Tuesday as it travelled […]
Separatist militants in southwestern Pakistan claimed to have killed 50 hostages from a train hijacking, while Pakistani forces rescued 155-190 passengers. The Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) claimed responsibility, demanding the release of Baloch prisoners and an end to the military operation, threatening further executions. The army initially stated all militants were killed, but later confirmed 31 deaths in the hijacking.
