Pakistani servicemen attack train and passengers take hostage

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Getty Pictures Pakistani police stand on April 9, 2014 in a railway station before walking in QuettaGetty pictures

File image shows Pakistani police on a train in Quetta

Pakistan’s armed militants in Balochistan attacked hundreds of passengers and took a number of hostages, military sources took a number of hostages to the BBC.

Baloch Freedom Army (Bla) fired on Jaffar Express train because he went to the Quetta’s Peshawar.

The statement of the separatist group, said he watched the train before the storm in Sibi district. Claimed to be in control of the train.

At least three people, including Pakistani police, local correspondents, train drivers, injured. Security forces were sent to the scene, as well as the BBC to try to rescue the hostages of the helicopters.

The Ballochalary government spokesman told the local newspaper that the train had information about “intense fire”. A high police officer said, “Remains before a tunnel surrounded by the mountains,” he said.

The Baloch Freedom Army has warned of “serious consequences” if an attempt to save the detainees.

For decades to gain independence, many deadly attacks and many deadly attacks, often launched numerous deadly attacks that target police station, railways and highways. Pakistani authorities – as well as several Western countries, including the United Kingdom and the United States – A BLA terrorist organization.

The map shows the location of the attack in Pakistan on the map with neighboring Afghanistan and India

Quetta’s railway supervisor Mohammad Kashif told the BBC that 400-450 passengers were ordered on the train. Authorities did not confirm how much hostages were taken.

Railway officials in Quetta, what happened, Quetta, BBC collapsed women and children from the train and went to Sibi, he said. There was no exact number.

Meanwhile, passenger families are trying to get information from the meter at the Quetta Railway station.

The son of Mohammad Ashraf’s son, who left Quetta for Lahore on Tuesday morning, said he could not connect with the father of BBC Urdu. Authorities still say they communicate with everyone on the train.

The area has no coverage of the Internet and mobile network, officials told the BBC.

Balochistan is the richest in Pakistan’s largest province and natural resources, but the least developed.

Usman Zahid and BBC Additional Report by Urdu

 
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