Train bombing kills dozens in Pakistan - Taipei Times

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A local independence movement in Balochistan, alleged by Pakistan’s government to be backed by India, claimed responsibility for the strike

AP, QUETTA, Pakistan

A suicide bomber detonated an vehicle-borne IED near a railway as a passenger train passed through the southwestern Pakistani city of Quetta yesterday, killing at least 23 people and wounding over 70, officials said.The explosion caused two of the train cars to overturn and catch fire, according to footage shared online.The attack happened in an area where security forces are usually stationed, badly damaging several nearby buildings and smashing more than a dozen vehicles parked along the road, according to witnesses and images circulating on social media.

People walk along the railway tracks next to wrecked carriages at the scene of a deadly train blast in Quetta, Pakistan, yesterday.