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Militants opened fire on a passenger train in
southwestern Pakistan on Tuesday, injuring the train driver and causing panic
among passengers, reports news agency Reuters.
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. Authorities have yet to provide details on the extent
of the damage or whether additional injuries were reported among passengers.
The Baloch
Liberation Army (BLA), a militant separatist group, has claimed
responsibility for the assault. In a statement, the BLA also claimed to have taken hostages from the
train, including security personnel.
According to reports on local media, the militant
group claimed that six military personnel were killed in the attack. The group also stated that hundreds of
passengers were being held captive. In an ominous warning, the BLA threatened
to execute all hostages if Pakistan attempted to launch a military rescue
operation.
The Balochistan government has imposed emergency
measures and all institutions have been mobilised to deal with the situation,
government spokesperson Shahid Rind said.
“There are reports of intense firing at a Jaffar
Express [train] going from Quetta to Peshawar," Balochistan government
spokesperson Shahid Rind told local media outlet Dawn. The spokesperson said
the incident could be a possible terrorist incident.
Balochistan, a resource-rich but conflict-ridden province, has witnessed
a longstanding insurgency by separatist groups demanding independence or
greater autonomy. The region has seen
repeated attacks on security forces, infrastructure, and civilians in recent
years.
The BLA seeks independence for Balochistan. It is
the biggest of several ethnic insurgent groups that have battled the South
Asian nation's government for decades, saying it unfairly exploits
Balochistan's rich gas and mineral resources.
