In Pakistan, completed drama with captured passengers on the train
Following the attack on the train in the Pakistani province of Balucistan, during which armed extremists were captured by hundreds of passengers on Tuesday, the hostage drama has completed, the military said. As part of the operation, the security forces were liberated by more than 300 passengers, and the army also killed more than 30 extremists. There are more than 400 passengers on the train.
After more than 30 hours of fighting, security forces liberated 346 hostages covered by extremists after the attack on the train is for the French news agency AFP said a senior military clerk. As he explained, the extremists were killed by 27 soldiers who were on the train and were not on duty, and one soldier was killed during surgery.
A total of 168 hostages were liberated on Tuesday and 178 today, said an official who did not want to be appointed. As he said, 32 to 35 terrorists were killed.
According to the army, about hundreds of armed men blowed up tracks on Tuesday, firing on the train and then taking all the passengers for hostages, causing the security forces to launch the operation to solve them.
On the train that traveled from the capital of Balucistan, Kveta, to a peculiar to the north of the country, there are supposed to have some 450 passengers. What happened to the rest of the passengers is unknown for now.
Responsibility for the abduction of the train was taken over by members of the separatist liberation army of Balučistan (Bla), who threatened the hostage killing. Most passengers on the train are supposed to represent military personnel or their family members.
Bla also posted a video of the explosion, which disabled the course, and then dozens of extremists jumped from hiding places in a remote mountainous area of Balucistan and invaded wagons. According to foreign agencies, the group is expected to require the release of their closed members in exchange for the captured hostages.
In Balučistan, the poorest Pakistani provinces, security forces have long been fighting sectarian, ethnic and separatist violence. This was particularly strengthened after the Taliban was re -taken in the neighboring Afghanistan in 2021.
