Baloch Rebel Release Video Of How They Blew Up Train Tracks, Took Hostages
Peshawar/Internet/Hyderabad, Mar 12 (Maxim News): A rebel group in Pakistan’s south-western Balochistan bombed a section of the railway track and stormed a train on Tuesday afternoon in the mountainous southwest, shows a video released by the baloch Liberation Army (BLA), the group behind rising violence in the province which borders Afghanistan and Iran.
More than 450 passengers were on board when the rebels captured the train at the entrance of a tunnel in a remote frontier district, with an unknown number of hostages still being held. Pakistan Security Forces have launched a “full-scale” operation to rescue train passengers.
The 1 minute 23 seconds of the grainy footage shows passengers huddled on the ground situated against the mountain, with rebels, holding guns, keeping a watch over them.
For two days, Pakistani forces managed to free 190 hostages from the besieged train. Passengers freed on Tuesday described walking for hours through mountainous terrain to reach safety.
“I can’t find the words to describe how we managed to escape. It was terrifying,” Muhammad Bilal, who had been travelling with his mother on the Jaffar Express train, said.
The BLA claim the region’s natural resources are being exploited by outsiders and have increased attacks targeting Pakistanis from other regions.
The rebels launched coordinated overnight attacks last year that included taking control of a major highway and shooting dead travellers from other ethnic groups, stunning the country.
Punjabi and Sindhi labourers are regularly targeted in attacks, as well as security forces and foreign infrastructure projects. (Maxim News)
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