Muhammad Amir, a resident of Bahawalpur in Punjab province, who was rescued and freed after a train was attacked by separatists in Bolan, receives medical treatment in Quetta, Pakistan. Photo: Reuters
Muhammad Amir, a resident of Bahawalpur in Punjab province, who was rescued and freed after a train was attacked by separatists in Bolan, receives medical treatment in Quetta, Pakistan. Photo: Reuters
Saleem Ahmed
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Hostages freed after a day-long ordeal following an attack by militants on a train in Pakistan’s Balochistan province described crouching on the floor for hours before their release, as the bodies of 25 people killed arrived in Quetta.
The separatist Baloch Liberation Army claimed responsibility for Tuesday’s attack on the Jaffar Express, during which they blew up train tracks and held passengers hostage in a stand-off with security services in a remote mountain pass.