Pakistan train hijacking: Security personnel eliminate 16 militants, save 104 hostages in ongoing mission
The Jaffar Express, which had 400 individuals on board, was en route to Peshawar when BLA insurgents halted its progress in a tunnel located near the Gudalar and Piru Kunri hills.
On Tuesday, following a hijacking incident in Balochistan province by militants, the nation's security forces have killed at least 16 hijackers and successfully rescued 104 travelers.
The Jaffar Express, which features nine carriages and was moving from Quetta to Peshawar, was intercepted by armed members of the Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) in a tunnel close to the rugged landscape of Gudalar and Piru Kunri on Tuesday afternoon.
During an ongoing clash with the militants, security personnel succeeded in freeing 104 individuals, including women and children, as reported by PTI based on insider information.
The report specified that the operation will persist until every passenger is safely extracted from the train.
It has been reported that some of the abducted individuals were taken into the nearby mountains, where security forces are actively tracking them through the darkness.
As per the information provided by sources in the PTI report, the freed passengers, which include 58 men, 31 women, and 15 children, were transported to Mach (a town located in the Kachhi district of Balochistan province in Pakistan) via another train.
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