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Pakistan: Militants hijack practice after blowing up rail observe – as safety forces attempt to rescue a whole lot of hostages

By Editorial Board Published March 12, 2025 4 Min Read
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Pakistan: Militants hijack practice after blowing up rail observe – as safety forces attempt to rescue a whole lot of hostages

Safety forces have exchanged gunfire with separatist militants who’ve hijacked a practice in Pakistan, as they attempt to free round 250 hostages on board.

The militants carrying vests loaded with explosives barricaded themselves contained in the practice with the hostages, Pakistani officers stated – with a authorities spokesman describing the assault as “an act of terrorism”.

No less than 10 individuals, together with the motive force of the practice, and eight safety personnel have been killed after the practice was hijacked on Tuesday because it entered a tunnel in Bolan, a district within the southwestern province of Balochistan.

Officers stated 30 militants had been killed.

Passengers who’ve been freed described how gunfire was “coming from everywhere”.

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Passengers rescued by safety forces from the hijacked practice. Pic: AP

The Jaffar Specific was filled with 425 individuals, together with girls and youngsters.

Officers stated 190 individuals have been rescued, including 37 individuals had been injured and had been receiving medical therapy.

The practice was on a 1,000-mile journey from Quetta to town of Peshawar.

Militants blew up the railway tracks earlier than firing on the practice, killing the motive force and trapping it inside a tunnel at Mashkaf.

Passengers rescued by security forces from a passenger train attacked by insurgents comfort each other upon their arrival at a railway station in Quetta, Pakistan, Wednesday, March 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Arshad Butt)

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Officers stated greater than 150 individuals have been rescued. Pic: AP

Noor Muhammad, who was travelling together with his spouse, stated: “First, they hit the engine with an RPG (rocket-propelled grenade).

“After that, gunfire began and explosions had been heard, RPGs had been used. God saved us. They made us get off (the practice) and informed us to get down or they’d shoot. We obtained down after which they stated ‘go away’.”

Bashir Yousaf, who was with his family, said: “Everybody was crying and passengers had been shouting, everybody was mendacity on the ground making an attempt to avoid wasting their lives.

“The sound of gunfire was coming from everywhere, then they (insurgents) told us to get down.

“After getting off we had been informed to not look again. I simply saved strolling with out wanting again to avoid wasting my household’s lives.”

A paramilitary soldier takes position at a railway station near the attack site of a passenger train by insurgents, in Mushkaf in Bolan district of Pakistan's southwestern Balochistan province, Wednesday, March 12, 2025. (AP Photo)

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A soldier retains watch close to to the scene of the hijacked practice. Pic: AP

Paramilitary soldiers and police officers deploy at a railway station near the attack site of a passenger train by insurgents, in Mushkaf in Bolan district of Pakistan's southwestern Balochistan province, Wednesday, March 12, 2025. (AP Photo)

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Troopers and police have been deployed at websites near the hijacking. Pic AP

Pakistan’s prime minister, Shehbaz Sharif, has condemned the assault and stated safety officers are “repelling” the militants.

Inside minister Mohsin Naqvi has known as the attackers “enemies” of Pakistan and vowed to foil their conspiracy to destabilise the nation.

The Baloch Liberation Military (BLA) has claimed duty for the assault.

The militant group has demanded the discharge of Baloch political prisoners, activists, and lacking individuals inside 48 hours.

It has threatened to begin executing the hostages if the federal government doesn’t fulfil its calls for.

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