Pakistan jaffar express train hijack: Suspected Baloch gunmen opened fire on a passenger train on Tuesday (March 11) in Pakistan’s disturbed Balochistan province, injuring several passengers. The attackers claimed that they had taken over 100 people hostage. Officials said that about 500 passengers in nine coaches were going from Jafar Express Quetta to Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in Peshawar when they were firing on the train between Gudlar and Piru Konari areas. Pakistani woman journalist Arju Kajmi called Experts and writer Wasim Altaf to talk on the matter. On this occasion, he told why the people of BLA have hijacked the Jafar Express train?
Pakistani experts Wasim Altaf said that Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) has taken responsibility for the attack. BLA has targeted the train because, the area where this train passes, there are mosquito hills. Here it is a difficult task to provide any kind of help or execute the operation. However, there has been a shootout during the incident, which is currently in a tunnel. This is a soft target for BLA, because all people are unarmed. The most important thing is that most of the people in the train are people associated with security service.
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Railway officials confirmed
Railway officials have confirmed that the driver of the train has been seriously injured and emergency relief train has been sent to help. Railway Controller Muhammad Kasif has said that this train with nine coaches had about 500 passengers. He said, “The train was stopped by armed people in tunnel number 8. According to Pakistan Railway, there are 17 tunnels on this railroad and the speed of the train is often slow due to the inaccessible area. The Government of Balochistan has directed local authorities to take “emergency steps”.
People saved from Bla’s grip
According to AP’s report, Pakistani security forces started a rescue operation after the train hijack. During this time, 104 people have been saved properly so far, most of which are women and children. 16 BLA fighters have also been killed in this operation.
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