Pakistan train hijack hostages end ordeal with arrival in Quetta
Dozens of people rescued from a train hijacked by separatist militants in southwest Pakistan arrived on Thursday in the city of Quetta, hours after security forces killed all 33 attackers to end a day-long standoff.
Pakistani official says train hijack standoff over, with 21 security forces and 30 terrorists killed
Terrorists in explosive vests have reportedly threatened Pakistan train passengers' lives if officials refuse to release imprisoned militants.
Pakistan says insurgents who attacked a passenger train killed 21 hostages while all others freed
The separatist Baloch Liberation Army claimed responsibility for attacking the train carrying 440 passengers in a tunnel in a remote part of Balochistan. Spokesman Jeeyand Baloch had said the group was ready to free passengers if authorities agree to release jailed militants.
Pakistan Train Hijack Ends As Military Rescues 190 Hostages, 21 Passengers, 33 Militants Killed
Pakistan PM Shehbaz Sharif, in his first reaction to the train hijack incident, said that dozens of terrorists have been 'sent to hell' and added he is deeply shocked by the loss of innocent lives.
Pakistan military ends train standoff, says 21 hostages and four troops killed
Baloch separatist militants blew up a railway track and launched rockets at the Jaffar Express, which was carrying over 400 passengers.
Pakistani officials say insurgent attack on train has ended; some hostages are dead
Pakistani authorities say an insurgent attack on a train carrying hundreds of people has ended, with all attackers killed following a daylong standoff
21 passengers, 4 soldiers, 33 terrorists killed in Pakistan's deadly train attack
ISLAMABAD -- Twenty-one passengers, four soldiers and 33 terrorists were killed after heavily armed terrorists attacked a passenger train and held scores hostage in the country's southwestern Balochistan province, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), the media wing of the Pakistan Army, said in a statement late Wednesday night.
What’s behind the surge in attacks and train hijacking in Pakistan’s restive southwest?
Pakistan's restive southwestern province of Balochistan has been the scene of a yearslong insurgency, with a surge in attacks in recent years.
All hostages freed after 30-hour Pakistan train siege: Source
Twenty-seven off-duty soldiers were killed in the attack by the Baloc Liberation Army, which accuses outsiders of plundering natural resources in the area that borders Afghanistan and Iran.
Firing at Passenger Train in Pakistan, Officials Say
QUETTA (Reuters) -Separatist militants fired at a passenger train in southwestern Pakistan on Tuesday, injuring a train driver, police and railway officials said. The train was on its way from Quetta in Pakistan's southwestern Balochistan province to Peshawar in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa when it was fired on,
Survivors of deadly train attack in Pakistan arrive at nearest railway station
Authorities in Pakistan have sent the last remaining civilian survivors of a hijacked train to Quetta under heavy security.
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