Pakistan train attack: 21 passengers, 4 soldiers killed, says Army general

Army eliminates 33 militants, rescues passengers in Balochistan train attack; BLA claims responsibility; US, EU condemn attack.

“Twenty-one passengers and four paramilitary soldiers were killed by militants holding hostages after seizing control of a train in Pakistan’s Balochistan province,” an army general said on Wednesday (March 12, 2025).

Army spokesman Lt. Gen. Ahmad Sharif told Dunya News TV that security forces killed all 33 militants present at the scene.

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“The armed forces successfully concluded the operation on Wednesday (March 12, 2025) evening by killing all terrorists and rescuing all passengers safely,” Lt Gen Sharif said.

He said that 21 passengers were killed by the terrorists when they attacked the train on Tuesday (March 11, 2025). He added that four paramilitary Frontier Corps soldiers were also killed in the incident.

The Jaffar Express, carrying 440 passengers in nine coaches, was going from Quetta to Peshawar when militants derailed it using explosives and hijacked it near the mountainous terrain of Gudalar and Piru Kunri in a tunnel 160 km from Quetta.

The Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) claimed responsibility for the attack on Tuesday (March 11, 2025) when they said they killed six soldiers.