Dozens killed after train blast in Pakistan's Balochistan
The Baloch Liberation Army claimed responsibility as rescue teams worked after the blast killed at least 24 people and injured more than 50, officials said.
- On Sunday, May 24, 2026, a blast targeting a train carrying military personnel near Chaman Phatak in Quetta killed at least 24 people and injured more than 50, officials said.
- The Baloch Liberation Army claimed responsibility for the attack, stating the operation targeted 'occupying forces' amid a long-running insurgency against the federal government in Balochistan.
- Shattering nearby building windows, the explosion derailed three coaches while overturning two others, and charred at least 10 vehicles parked near the site in Quetta.
- Chief Minister Sarfraz Bugti condemned the 'terrorist attack' and vowed to 'hunt down the terrorists' one by one, while authorities declared an emergency in local hospitals.
- Railways Minister Hanif Abbasi asserted that 'anti-Pakistan elements operating from India and Afghanistan were sponsoring terrorism' to destabilize the country, vowing such networks would not succeed.
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At least 24 people were killed in a bomb attack on a train in Pakistan on Sunday. The train was transporting soldiers and their families for a holiday from Quetta to the northern city of Peshawar.
Explosion near railway track in southwest Pakistan kills at least 23 people
A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden vehicle near a railway track as a passenger train passed through the southwestern Pakistani city of Quetta on Sunday, killing at least 23 people and wounding over 70 others, officials said.
Pakistan attack kills 24 as explosive-laden car hits train carriage
A blast targeting a train carrying military personnel killed at least 24 people on Sunday in Pakistan’s turbulent southwestern province of Balochistan, a senior official said. Army servicemen were among the victims of the attack in the provincial capital Quetta, which wounded more than 50 people, the official told AFP. The attack, claimed by the Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) militant group, was branded a “cowardly” act of terrorism by Pakistan Pr…
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