A deadly standoff is unfolding in Pakistan’s restive Balochistan province after armed militants hijacked a passenger train carrying over 400 people.
Security forces are engaged in an intense battle to free the hostages, with reports indicating that the separatist Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) is behind the attack.
The insurgents ambushed the train in a remote mountainous area on Tuesday, detonating explosives on the railway tracks, forcing it to halt inside a tunnel in the Bolan district. Armed men, some reportedly wearing suicide vests, swiftly surrounded the coaches, taking hundreds of passengers hostage.
