Pakistan’s railways has suspended all train services to and from a restive southwestern province where a suicide bombing at a train station over the weekend killed 26 people, including soldiers and railway staff. Pakistan Railways said on Monday that the train services would be suspended for four days for security reasons.
Security officials examine the site of a bomb explosion at railway station in Quetta, southwestern Pakistan , Saturday, Nov. 9, 2024. A man, who was injured in a bomb explosion at railway station, walks with help of his relatives after receiving initial treatment at a hospital, in Quetta, southwestern Pakistan , Saturday, Nov. 9, 2024. Security officials examine the site of a bomb explosion at railway station in Quetta, southwestern Pakistan , Saturday, Nov. 9, 2024.
The attack, claimed by the separatist Baloch Liberation Army struck the station in the city of Quetta, the capital of Balochistan province, on Saturday. At lest 62 people were also wounded in the bombing, officials said. Bugti spoke after meeting with Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi, who traveled to Quetta on Sunday to be briefed about the situation. Naqvi’s office said in a statement that authorities would “take decisive steps to crush the terrorists” and support the local Balochistan government in dealing with the “scourge of terrorism.
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