Peshawar-Bound Jaffar Express In Pakistan Struck Again, Hit With IED Blast; 5 Injured
At least five people were injured after an improvised explosive device (IED) blast targeted the Peshawar-bound Jaffar Express train in Mastung district of Pakistan's Balochistan province, derailing five coaches, according to Pakistan Railway officials.
On Sunday, the Jaffar Express was struck by a blast near the Spezand Railway Station, derailing five coaches, The Express Tribune reported. All five passengers sustained minor injuries, and rescue teams, including railway staff, were immediately dispatched to the site.
Officials said the Jaffar Express had departed for Peshawar at 9:00 am today and was passing through Spezand Railway Station when the IED hit. A second train was dispatched to the station to transport stranded passengers.
Security forces and police cordoned off the area, and the bomb squad cleared the site. Federal Minister for Railways Muhammad Hanif Abbasi strongly denounced the attack, affirming that such cowardly acts of terrorism would never shake the nation's resolve.
Attacks On Jaffar Express
The Baloch outfit dubbed the hijacking 'Operation Darra-e-Bolan 2.0," which unfolded in Bolan, located in Pakistan's province of Balochistan. The attack came as a huge embarrassment for the Pakistani establishment, and the bodies of at least 25 people, including 21 hostages, were retrieved from the train hijack site.
Hundreds of passengers were taken hostage and over two dozen security personnel of Pakistan were killed by BLA forces. Gunmen from the Baloch militant group had 'bombed the railway track" and taken control of the train in Sibi after wounding the driver.
BLA fighters accused Pakistan of extrajudicially killing Baloch people and taking the Balochistan province to ruination. One of them slammed the United Nations and human rights organisations of remaining silent over the Baloch 'genocide".
Last week, a Quetta-bound Jaffar Express narrowly escaped disaster when a bomb planted near the track close to Sibi Railway Station exploded just after the passenger train passed, according to Dawn. A portion of the railway track was blown up in the blast, but the train remained unharmed.
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