The attack of the Pakistani insurgents on the train with hundreds of people ended, and all militants were killed. Some hostages also died in the incident, Informs TASR based on AP report.
“In the operation, 346 hostages were liberated and more than 30 terrorists were killed,” said the military representative for AFP. He added that In the incident, 27 soldiers died out of service, who traveled by train, and one soldier involved in the operation. The representative did not immediately state how many civilians died during the attack. The security authorities initially informed about 300 rescued hostages.
On Tuesday, the gunmen captured more than 450 passengers, including children, injured the train in the southwestern Pakistani province of Balúčistan, injured the driver. The militant organization Balúčska The Liberation Army (Bla) entered the responsibility. Her spokesman initially declared that the group is ready to release passengers if the authorities agree to the release of imprisoned militants. In the past, the government refused such requirements if it has not commented on the proposal.
According to the government spokesman, there was an attack in the district of Bolt on a train from the provincial capital Kveta to Peshavar. The militants stopped the train in an abandoned area. The police representative informed that “he remained just in front of the tunnel surrounded by mountains”.
WL leads a long -time uprising in Pakistan. In trains in Balúčistan province are usually members of security forces as Separatists in the past attacked trains and security forces in this area.
In the past, the organization has also attacked civilians, including Chinese working on billions of projects related to the Chinese-Pakistani Economic Corridor. Thousands of Chinese workers are building large infrastructure projects in Pakistan, such as ports or airports in Balúpistan.
The spokeswoman of the Chinese Foreign Ministry Mao Ning stressed that Beijing “will continue to strongly support Pakistan in his efforts in the fight against terrorism”.
