People walk along the railway tracks next to wrecked carriages at the scene of a deadly train blast in Quetta, Pakistan, on Sunday. Photo by Fayyaz Ahmed/EPA
May 24 (UPI) -- A suicide bombing near train tracks in southwestern Pakistan killed at least 14 people Sunday, local officials said.
Officials in the Balochistan provincial government said the vehicle-borne suicide bombing targeted a shuttle train in Quetta, Dawn News reported.
"This cowardly act of terrorism is not only an attack on innocent human lives but also a heinous attempt to undermine peace, stability and normal civic life in Balochistan," a government statement said.
The New York Times reported the shuttle train was carrying some passengers from a military base to a railway station in Quetta. Muhammad Hanif Abbasi, Pakistan's railway minister, said the blast overturned two carriages on the train.
