(12 Mar 2025)
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Balochistan, Pakistan – 12 March 2025
1. Various of Pakistan army soldiers at Mushkaf railway station, nearest place to hijacked train
2. Various of train parked at Mushkaf station
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Quetta, Balochistan, Pakistan – 11 March 2025
3. Various of passengers released after an insurgent attack on their train, being examined by medics, receiving treatment at Quetta railway station
4. SOUNDBITE (Urdu) Noor Muhammad, passenger
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“First, the militants hit the engine with an RPG, after that gunfire started, and explosions were heard, RPGs were used. God saved us! They made us get off the train and told us to get down or they would shoot. We got down and then they said ‘leave’.”
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Balochistan, Pakistan – 12 March 2025
5. Various security forces and ambulances around station
STORYLINE:
Pakistani security forces exchanged gunfire Wednesday with hundreds of separatist militants as they worked to free about 300 hostages who were still on a train after it was attacked in the country’s rugged southwest, officials said.
Security forces were being cautious as officials said the hostages were surrounded by militants wearing vests loaded with explosives. Government spokesman Shahid Rind said Pakistani forces were being backed up by helicopters in the remote region and described the attack as “an act of terrorism.”
At least 27 militants have been killed and security forces rescued more than 150 of the 450 people who were on the train when it was hijacked on Tuesday as it entered a tunnel in Bolan, a district in restive Balochistan province. It was the first time militants have ever carried out such an attack.
The Baloch Liberation Army group has claimed responsibility for the attack, saying it was open to negotiations to swap prisoners. So far, there has been no response from the government to the offer from the insurgents.
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