The attacking of the Pakistani militants the train and the passengers took hostages

Military sources told the BBC that armed militants in the Pakistani Baluchistan region attacked a train carrying hundreds of passengers and took a number of hostages.

The Blash Liberation Army (BLA) shot the Jaffar Express train while traveling from Quetta to Peshawar.

A statement from the separatist group said that it bombed the path before storming the train in the remote area of ​​Sibi. He claimed that the train was under his control.

The Pakistani police told local journalists at least three people, including the train driver, who were injured. Police told the BBC that the security forces were sent to the scene, as well as helicopters to try to save the hostages.

A spokesman for the Baluchistan government told the local newspaper Dawn: There were reports of “intense fire” on the train, “a spokesman for the Baluchistan government told the local newspaper Dawn.

A senior police official said he was still stuck before a mountain tunnel, “said a senior police official.

A senior army official confirmed to the BBC that there are more than 100 army personnel traveling from Quetta on the train.

The Baluch Liberation Army warned of “severe consequences” if you made an attempt to save those who carry it.

It has launched a period of time to get independence and launched many deadly attacks, and often targets police stations, railways and highways.

The Pakistani authorities – as well as many Western countries, including the United Kingdom and the United States – assigned BLA as a terrorist organization.

Mohamed Kashif, a railway monitor in Kitta, told the BBC that 400-450 passengers had been booked on the train.

The officials did not confirm their number who believed that it has been hostage.

A local railway official in the Kuwait BBC has told a group of at least 60 passengers from the train and reached the nearest railway station, Panner.

The official said the group consists of the local population of Balochistan Province.

The railway officials in Kuetta, quoting paramilitary sources, BBC that women and children were removed from the train and were walking towards the city of Sibi. They had no accurate number.

Meanwhile, passenger families were trying to obtain information from the meter at the Quetta railway station.

The son of one of the passengers, Mohamed Ashraf, who left Quita to Lahore on Tuesday morning, told BBC URDU that he was unable to contact his father.

Another relative said that he was “fiercely fever” about his cousin and her young child, who was traveling from Kuetta to Multan to capture a family member.

“No one tells me what is happening or if it is safe,” Imran Khan told Reuters.

Officials say they have not yet communicated with anyone on the train.

The BBC officials said that the area does not contain the coverage of the Internet and the mobile network.

Balochistan is the largest province in Pakistan and the richest natural resources, but it is the least developed.

Participated in additional reports from Othman Zahid and BBC Urdu