Balochistan train kidnapping: A train was kidnapped yesterday by Baloch rebels in Pakistan. Many passengers were injured due to indiscriminate firing. There were more than 500 passengers in this train. Now the Baloch Liberation Army has released the first video of Pakistan train kidnapping. In the video, BLA fighters are seen around the Jafar Express. The video can be seen in the video. The campaign of Pakistani security forces is going on to free the hostages. Security forces have killed at least 27 terrorists and rescued 155 passengers.
The encounter between security forces and militants continued for the second consecutive day on Wednesday. The Baloch army has given a 48 -hour ultimatum. This ultimatum is to release Baloch prisoners. Four attempts to free the kidnapped train have failed. The Pakistani Army has surrendered in the last 24 hours. More than 40 Pakistani soldiers have been killed in this operation. The Baloch army has still held more than 180 people hostage.
How did BLA kidnap the train?
Actually, like every day, Jafar Express left for Peshawar from Quetta on 11 March. When the train was passing through a tunnel in the Balon hills, eight armed BLA terrorists attacked him. There were about 500 passengers in 9 coaches of Jafar Express. Bollen Quetta and Sibi have a mountainous region more than 100 km long.
There are 17 tunnels in the region through which railway tracks pass. Being a remote area, the speed of trains here is often slow. Meanwhile, the attackers stopped the train in a tunnel near Piru Kunri and the hilly areas of Gudler. The Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) later claimed responsibility for the attack.
BLA warns Pakistani army
The rebels claimed that they had freed women and children, but the authorities denied the claim and Minister of State for Home Talal Chaudhary said the hostages were saved by security forces. The BLA claimed that ‘we have derailed the train and have taken it under our control.’ The BLA has warned that ‘if the Pakistani army takes any action, all the hostages will be killed.’
Increase in terrorist attacks
Terrorist attacks in Balochistan have increased in the last one year. In November last year, a suicide bomber blew himself up at Quetta railway station. 26 people were killed and 62 others were injured in this attack. After this, the Railways suspended several services.
