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May 24 (Reuters) – A bomb blast hit a shuttle train carrying Pakistani security personnel and \u200btheir families in the southwestern province of Balochistan on Sunday, officials said, in the \u200clatest major attack claimed by separatist militants.<\/div>\n
The explosion killed at least 24 people and injured 70, according to three provincial government and security officials, who spoke on the condition of anonymity as they are not authorized to speak \u200bto the media.<\/div>\n
The attack, which killed at least 24 people and injured more than \u200b70, was the latest in a series of major strikes on trains, security \u2060forces and infrastructure in the mineral-rich province that borders Iran and Afghanistan, where Pakistan has launched \u200bcounterinsurgency operations after some of the deadliest violence in years.<\/div>\n
The separatist militant group Baloch Liberation Army, or \u200bBLA, said in a statement to media that it carried out the attack and described it as a suicide bombing. Reuters could not independently verify the claim.<\/div>\n
The shuttle train was carrying passengers from Quetta’s cantonment area to connect with \u200bthe Jaffar Express long-distance train when the blast struck near a railway track in the provincial \u200bcapital, Pakistan’s railways ministry said in a statement.<\/div>\n
The explosion derailed the engine and three coaches, while two coaches overturned, \u200cthe \u2060ministry said, adding that security forces had cordoned off the area and rescue operations were under way.<\/div>\n
A security official said an explosives-laden vehicle hit one of the train\u2019s bogies in a residential area, and that some of those killed were residents of a nearby apartment building.<\/div>\n
Images from the scene showed \u200bburnt-out vehicles, damaged residential \u200bbuildings, twisted metal and \u2060debris scattered near the railway track, with smoke rising from the wreckage.<\/div>\n
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif condemned what he called a “heinous bomb explosion” in a post \u200bon social media website X. He expressed condolences for the victims’ families \u200band said the \u2060nation stood with the people of Balochistan.<\/div>\n
In March 2025, BLA militants hijacked the Jaffar Express train, taking hundreds hostage before a military operation ended the day-long standoff. The military said 21 hostages, four troops and \u2060all \u200b33 attackers were killed.<\/div>\n
Earlier this year, Pakistani forces killed 145 \u200bmilitants in a 40-hour operation after coordinated attacks across Balochistan left nearly 50 people dead, provincial officials said.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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