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Quetta, Pakistan – Survivors of Tuesday’s deadly train hijacking by Baloch separatists have described how they watched fellow passengers being executed and fled while being shot at.
The hijacking of a passenger train in Pakistan is almost unprecedented ... Last November the BLA claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing, which killed at least 25 people at Quetta railway station ...
At least 31 people, many of them soldiers, were killed in March when the BLA hijacked a train carrying more than 400 passengers while travelling from Quetta to the northern city of Peshawar.
This latest strike follows a high-profile incident last month involving the same separatist group. In that case, BLA militants hijacked the Jaffar Express in Bolan, holding 339 passengers hostage ...
A US-made rifle, originally shipped to Afghanistan over seven years ago for Afghan security forces, surfaced at the site of a train hijacking ... travelling from Quetta to Peshawar, was hijacked ...
A video showing Baloch rebels on government buildings also surfaced online on Saturday. As per reports, clashes took place ...
In the wake of last month's attack on the Jaffar Express, stringent security measures have been implemented for trains operating between Quetta and ... the Peshawar-bound train, which was carrying ...
Security sources stated that the intelligence agencies issued a threat alert of a planned hijacking ... stoppage of the Quetta-bound Bolan Mail was due to security reasons as train operations ...
QUETTA: One person was injured in a hand grenade attack on a police station in the Kachi Baig area, located on the outskirts of Quetta late on Sunday night. Police said that an unidentified ...
The Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) is a militant organisation based in Balochistan, a province in southwestern Pakistan.
QUETTA: Former prime minister and Awam Pakistan Party (APP) chief Shahid Khaqan Abbasi has opposed the use of force as a means to restore political stability in the country, arguing that such issues ...