Pakistan: Operation to Rescue Hostages on Attacked Passenger Train

Late on the 12th, a statement said that Pakistani security forces killed 33 terrorists, including suicide bombers, in an operation to rescue hostages on an attacked passenger train and rescued hostages in stages. Twenty - one hostages were killed, and four military personnel died in the operation to clear out the terrorists. The statement did not disclose the total number of people on the attacked train or the number of rescued hostages.

On the 11th local time, a passenger train carrying more than 400 passengers in Pakistan was attacked by armed men, and a large number of passengers were taken hostage. A local terrorist organization claimed responsibility for the attack.

Previously reported: A train in Pakistan was attacked, and 104 passengers had been rescued! On the 11th local time, it was learned that a passenger train traveling from Quetta to Peshawar was attacked in the Bolan area of Balochistan province. According to security department sources, Pakistani security forces successfully rescued 104 hijacked passengers.

Wasim Baig, a spokesman for the local government and health department, previously said that after the incident, surrounding hospitals had declared a state of emergency. The Balochistan provincial government ordered emergency measures, asked all relevant agencies to remain on high alert, and called on the public to stay calm.

According to previous news, Pakistani government officials said that armed men launched an attack in the troubled south - western Balochistan province on the 11th, taking more than 450 train passengers hostage and injuring a train driver. The terrorist organization "Balochistan Liberation Army" claimed responsibility for the attack in a statement, saying that the armed men blew up the railway track in the remote Sibi area and took control of the train.