ISLAMABAD: Seven people were injured and four coaches of the Quetta-bound Jaffar Express passenger train derailed after an improvised explosive device (IED) went off in the southern Sindh province, police said on Tuesday.
The incident happened near Sultan Kot Railway Station in Shikarpur district as the train was traveling from Peshawar to Quetta.
The bomb disposal squad assessed that around five pounds of explosives were used in the IED blast, according to a senior police official who spoke on condition of anonymity.
“At least seven people were injured, one of them seriously, when four bogies overturned as a result of a blast near Sultan Kot Railway Station this morning,” he told Arab News over the phone.
“The injured were moved to a hospital for treatment.”
