Pakistani officials said that the insurgent attack on the Jaffar Express train has ended as all militants were killed after an all-day long “full-scale” rescue operation which left a “few” hostages dead.
The Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) militants said that they killed 50 more hostages who were hijacked from the Peshawar bound train near Bolan district on Tuesday. The number of hostages killed could not be independently verified at the time of filing this report.
The militant group said in a statement, “Today, the enemy forces attempted an armed advance using heavy artillery and sophisticated weaponry, leading to intense clashes. In direct retaliation to Pakistan’s persistent aggression, the BLA has executed 50 additional captive enemy personnel within the past hour.”
Sarfraz Bugti, the chief minister of Balochistan province, indicated that some hostages were killed while addressing the provincial assembly. “We people have also been martyred, but we will share details later,” he said.
