Hostage ended on a train in Pakistan – dead 33 perpetrators, 21 hostages and four soldiers

Pakistani security forces invaded the train occupied by separatist rebels, killed all 33 attackers And they ended the hostages of hundreds of passengers, the army said.

Velvet separatists blasted the railway on Tuesday and launched rockets in Jafar Express operating the route from Queta, the capital of Baluchistan, in Pesavar, in the province of Hiber Pachounqua. There were 440 people on the train.

The army reported that 21 hostages and four security services killed killed During the confrontation with the perpetrators in the past hours.

“Today, we released a large number of people, including women and children … The final operation was executed with great care,” Army spokesman Ahmed Sarif Chaudri said, stating that there were no casualties in the final phase.

Prior to the announcement of the army, Baluchistan’s liberation army (BLA), who took responsibility for the train attack, said he killed 50 passengers. On Tuesday, when he began the attack, he claimed that he was holding 214 people, most of whom were members of the security services. He also threatened that he would start to execute the hostages if the authorities did not liberate within 48 hours of vesseling political prisoners, activists and “missing” who, as the rebels argue, have been abducted by the army.

Bla is the largest of the many armed groups fighting the Baluchistan authorities, a region bordering Afghanistan and Iran. In recent months, it has intensified its action, implementing new tactics to cause great losses and is mainly targeting the Pakistani army.

Earlier, Pakistani Interior Minister Talal Chaudri told the Geo television channel that some rebels were wearing explosive belts and sitting among the hostages, complicating their rescue operation. He also said that the perpetrators were around 70 to 80.

The army sent hundreds of soldiers and also developed the Special Forces and the Air Force to face the situation.

In the final phase of the operation, the special forces first killed the suicide bombers, and then the soldiers, going from wagon to wagon, killed the rest of the guerrillas, the minister said. He did not specify how many were rescued at this stage of the business and it is not at present clear how or where the passengers were transported.

The driver and many other people had already been killed.

Government officials said earlier that 190 hostages had already been rescued and more than 50 were led to Queta and reunited with their families.

75 -year -old Muhammad Ashraf, who was traveling by train, said he heard a strong explosion, which shook all the wagons while in a mountainous area.

‘We fell to the floor when the fire started. Shortly thereafter, armed men entered the train and checked our identities, “he said.

One security officer had earlier told Reuters that the gunmen were looking for soldiers and other members of the security services.

One woman, who said her son was among passengers holding hostages, attacked the province Minister, Mir Zahur Boulendi. “Why didn’t you stop the trains since they weren’t safe?” he asked him.

Boulendi told reporters that the government is making efforts to boost security in the area.