QUETTA: A bomb hit a passenger train in the restive southwestern Pakistan province of Balochistan yesterday, derailing it and wounding three passengers, officials said.
The bomb in the Dasht region hit the moving Bugti Express about 30km before its final destination of Quetta, the provincial capital of Balochistan. The train was coming from the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore.
“A bomb blast derailed the engine and three bogies of Bugti Express as a result of which three passengers were wounded,” local security official Ameer Hamza said.
Hamza said the wounded were transported to hospital in Quetta by road. Nobody immediately claimed responsibility, but Baloch separatist rebels active in the area have recently intensified attacks against ethnic minorities and outsiders. The rebels often attack government forces, installations and settlers from central Punjab province.
AFP
