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LAST: The train hillers claim to have killed 50 hostages. Read more here. 190 hostages should be rescued from the train hijacked by armed men in Balutchistan Province southwest of Pakistan, Security Sources told Reuters. Yesterday, news and several other media reported that, according to the authorities, 350 hostages were safe. So this figure has changed. On Tuesday, a militant group of parts of the railway blasted and opened fire to the Jaffar Express train. The train was on its way from Quetta, the capital of Balutchistan, to Peshawar. Sources of Reuters state that the attackers must have killed the driver and hijacked the train. Some of them sat between the passengers wearing “suicide jackets” with explosive charge. Pakistani military at a checkpoint in Pakistan. Security has been sharpened after the attack earlier Tuesday. Photo: EPA “Dooms Day Scenes” BBC has spoken to several passengers who have been rescued from the train. – We held our breath throughout the shooting, without knowing what would happen next, says Ishaq Noor to the broadcaster. He says that the first ecps lean was so strong that one of his children fell from the seat. He and his wife tried to shield their children from the shots. Another passenger, Muhammad Ashraf, says there was a lot of fear among the passengers. – It was a scene of doomsday. Hundreds of security forces, helicopters and special forces have been sent to save the remaining hostages. But the rescue operation is time -consuming and complicated. This is because both the train is in a remote place, but also because they fear the security of the hostages, says a spokesman from the Government to Geo TV. The map shows the route the train was to take before it was attacked by armed men on Tuesday. The end station was Peshawar, north of the country. Around 70-80 armed men were involved in the attack, says Pakistani authorities. 30 of these should now be killed. The province’s authorities have declared a state of emergency as a result of the attack, reports Reuters, who cites spokesman for the Shahid Rind region. The hospital in the provincial capital of Quetta has set crisis staff. Middle East correspondent Yama Wolasmal explains what we know about the attack so far. The rebel group claims to be behind there have long been battles and sparks between rebels and Pakistani authorities in the province of Balutchistan, where the attack happened. The militant separatist group Baloch Liberation Army (scroll) has assumed responsibility for the attack. Bla is the largest and most important militant group in the area. They have repeatedly attacked trains in Balutchistan. According to a statement from the group, they have taken 182 hostages. Later, the figure was changed to 214. An injured passenger is transported to the provisional hospital at Mach train station. Photo: Banaras Khan \/ AFP \/ NTB None of the figures are currently confirmed by the authorities or independent sources. There is poor coverage in the area and difficulties in verifying the hostage. There is also uncertainty about exactly how many passengers were on the passenger train when the attack happened. The number from different spokesmen for the railway has varied from between 400 to 500. According to the hostages, the hostages consist of personnel from Pakistani military, police and intelligence personnel, several of them on leave. Nor is this confirmed by independent sources. Pakistan Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi condemns the attack, and says the government will not comply with any claims from, among other things. He also calls them “beasts shooting innocent passengers”. – Looks like a terrorist attack in a previous statement warned, among other things, serious consequences, if attempts were made to release the hostages. There they also said that they want to release civilians, but retain military hostage. news has not yet been able to verify the statement. “It looks like a terrorist attack, but we don’t have a complete overview of the situation yet,” says Shahid Rind, according to the DPA news agency. Rind has also stated that it is difficult for ambulances to reach the area, due to difficult terrain, writes Ap. Balutchistan is Pakistan’s largest province, but at the same time the thinnest population. The province is located in the border area towards Iran and Afghanistan and consists largely of high mountains. Parts of the population claim to be suppressed and discriminated against by the Pakistani authorities, including in the context of the area being very rich in minerals and natural gas. For years, several separatist groups have been fighting for revenue from the minerals. Among other things, the Pakistani authorities are unjustly utilizing natural resources in the area. Several groups also want an independent state, which also includes lands from neighboring countries. For several years, various groups have attacked military and authorities for this purpose. Interested in foreign? Hear the Podcast of the Foreign Editors: Published 11.03.2025, at. 12.00 Updated 12.03.2025, at. 15.56
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LAST: The train hillers claim to have killed 50 hostages. Read more here. 190 hostages should be rescued from the train hijacked by armed men in Balutchistan Province southwest of Pakistan, Security Sources told Reuters. Yesterday, news and several other media reported that, according to the authorities, 350 hostages were safe. So this figure has […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":105496,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[381,204,203,5873,91,16,6366,1205,1812,202],"class_list":["post-105671","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general","tag-armed","tag-documentaries","tag-foreign","tag-hostage","tag-men","tag-news","tag-pakistan","tag-passengers","tag-train","tag-urix"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/teknomers.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105671","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/teknomers.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/teknomers.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teknomers.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teknomers.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=105671"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/teknomers.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105671\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teknomers.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/105496"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/teknomers.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=105671"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teknomers.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=105671"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teknomers.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=105671"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}