Bolan railway blast leaves two dead, train service 'suspended'

QUETTA: At least two dead and several others injured in a blast near a railway bridge in Bolan, Balochistan, ARY News reported.

As per details, Kachhi SSP Dost Muhammad Bugti stated that six dead bodies were found in the mountains near Bolan including two bodies from the debris of the destroyed railway bridge and four others near the highway.

According to railway sources, the blast occurred last night in the Dozan area of Bolan, destroying a railway bridge which resulted in the suspension of train service.

The railway bridge collapse has halted train movement, and trains from Karachi and Rawalpindi to Quetta and other parts of the country have been stopped, sources added.

Additionally, the Quetta section of the National Highway was also blocked by armed individuals last night, further disrupting transportation in the region.

In another horrific incident, armed men killed at least 23 passengers in Balochistan’s Musakhel district after offloading them from trucks and buses.

READ: MusaKhel: Armed men kill 23 travellers from Punjab in Balochistan, says SP

According to SP Ayub Achakzai, armed men stopped the vehicles on the national highway in the Rarah Sham area of Musa Khel and killed at least 23 passengers hailing from different parts of Punjab.

During the action, the armed men also set 10 vehicles on fire.

SP Ayub Achakzai said the Frontier Corps (FC), police, and Levies currently in the process of transferring the bodies to the hospital.

Balochistan Chief Minister Sarfaraz Bugti strongly condemned the incident of terrorism.

He expressed heartfelt sympathy and condolences to the families of those who died in the cowardly act of terrorists.

The terrorists and their facilitators will not be able to escape an exemplary end, he said, adding that the Balochistan government will pursue the terrorists.