QUETTA: An improvised explosive device (IED) blast on Tuesday derailed five coaches of Quetta-bound Jaffar Express train in Pakistan’s southwestern Balochistan province, officials and rescue workers said.
The latest bomb attack on the passenger train took place in Dasht area of Balochistan’s Mastung district, when it was heading to the provincial capital of Quetta from Peshawar in the country’s northwest.
Muhammad Kamran, an Edhi volunteer, told Arab News that two passengers received minor injuries in the incident, who were shifted to hospital. No group immediately claimed responsibility for the attack.
“Five coaches of Jaffar Express were derailed and one of them completely overturned after a powerful blast hit the train,” Imran Hayat, the Quetta divisional superintendent of Pakistan Railways, told Arab News.
“All passengers were evacuated and relief operation is continued along with the district administration.”
