A bomb explosion aboard a moving train killed at least five passengers and wounded seven others near Shaheed Aziz Billo checkpost in Naseerabad District of Balochistan on March 17, reports Daily Times. Official Abdullah Jamali said the bomb went off in one of the cars of a Quetta-bound Jaffar Express which damaged five cars of the train. No one claimed responsibility for the blast.
Earlier on March 16, the Security Forces (SFs) foiled a bid to target train, recovered and defused explosives planted by track in Dera Murad Jamali town of Naseerabad District, reports Daily Times. According to details, unidentified militants had planted two-kilogram explosives with the railway track near main bus terminal in Dera Murad Jamali. The SFs recovered and defused the explosives aimed at targeting Jaffar Express preventing causalities and property damages.
Separately, the Pakistan-Iran cargo train service has been suspended for three days after nine bogies of a goods train derailed in Kaishangi are of Nushki District on March 16, reports The Express Tribune. According to sources, the train loaded with 600 tonnes of brimstone was coming to Quetta from Mirjawa of Iran. The incident took place due to malfunction in the train engine, the sources added. Soon after the incident, Pakistan Railways called as many as 100 workers from Dalbandin, Ahmed Wal, Nushki, Quetta and adjoining areas for repair work. Due to the repair work the goods trains have been stopped in Taftan and Dalbandin. Railway sources believe that the repair work would be completed in a couple of days.