In the southwestern province of Baluchistan, armed militants took about 450 train passengers hostage. About this informs AFP.
According to local officials, the driver was injured in the attack. The Balochistan Liberation Army claimed responsibility for the attack.
The militants said in a statement that they had blown up railway tracks and were “controlling a train in a remote area of Sibi”. The police said that the train stopped “right in front of a tunnel surrounded by mountains”. In the nearest hospitals, an emergency mode has been implemented.
Balochistan is one of the largest and poorest provinces of Pakistan. Baloch separatist groups have been operating here for several decades, a people of the Iranian group divided between several countries (about 7 million Baloch live in Pakistan).
The Balochistan Liberation Army was formed in the early 1970s. Because of the attacks, it has been recognized as a terrorist organization in Pakistan, the United States, the United Kingdom, the European Union, and China.
