Rocket Attack on Jaffar Express near Machh, 4 Killed 25 injured
Four people were killed and over 25 were wounded during an attack on the Rawalpindi-bound Jaffar Express on Friday, AFP reported.
The train, which began its journey from Quetta, was attacked with rockets in the Dozan area near Machh Town in Balochistan’s Bolan district.
Women and children were among the casualties.
“We have taken two dead bodies and 24 injured to the hospital, the condition of most of the injured was critical because of excessive bleeding,” Zubair Kurd, a local government official in the area told AFP, warning that the death toll may increase.
Kurd said the attackers were hiding in the mountains and first started firing and then fired at least three rockets at the train.
“They managed to escape. We have launched a search operation,” Kurd added.
Security forces, backed by a military helicopter, launched a search in an effort to trace and arrest the attackers, AP quoted railway official Kashif Khan as saying.
