QUETTA, Pakistan: A powerful bomb exploded near a railway track as a train carrying passengers passed through the southwestern Pakistani city of Quetta on Sunday, wounding more than two dozen people, officials said. The force of the explosion caused two of the train cars to overturn and catch fire, sending thick black smoke into the air, according to footage shared online. The attack happened in an area where security forces are usually stationed, badly damaging several nearby buildings and smashing vehicles parked along the road, according to witnesses and images circulating on social media.

A powerful bomb has exploded near a railway track as a train carrying passengers passed through the southwestern Pakistani city of Quetta, wounding more than two dozen people,…

According to local police, the train derailed after an explosion near Chaman Phatak. Immediately after the incident, ambulances and security forces were dispatched to the scene

The explosion happened as the train passed through the southwestern Pakistani city of Quetta