Separatist group fires upon passenger train in Pakistan carrying hundreds

11/3/2025 19:16

Separatist militants fired at a passenger train carrying hundreds of passengers in southwestern Pakistan on Tuesday, injuring a train driver, police and railway officials said.



The Jaffar Express, with around 400 passengers on board in nine bogies, was on its way from Quetta in Pakistan's southwestern Balochistan province to Peshawar in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa when it was fired on, railway officials said.



In a statement, the Baloch Liberation Army (BLA), a militant separatist group, claimed responsibility for the attack and said they had taken hostages from the train, including security forces.



Officials from the provincial government or railways did not confirm on hostages being taken.



Security forces had reached the site of the incident, in the Mushqaf area of the Bolan district of Balochistan, a railway official said.