The tense silence inside the Jaffar Express ended in a barrage of gunfire as Pakistani security forces stormed the hijacked train on Wednesday, killing all 33 separatist militants and rescuing hundreds of passengers.
The Pakistani Army claimed that the train hijack was over at 9:30 pm on Wednesday. The Pakistani Army claimed to have released 346 hostages and killed 33 Baloch fighters. Meanwhile, the Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) in Balochistan claimed that they have killed 100 Pakistani soldiers. 154 are still hostages. The Baloch Liberation Army has claimed that they still have more than 150 Pakistani citizens in their custody.
Pakistani security forces claimed that the train hijacking was over at 9:30 pm on Wednesday. They said that 33 Baloch fighters have been killed. Some hostages have also been killed in this operation. About 346 hostages have been freed in this operation. At the same time, Pakistani PM Shahbaz Sharif said that our soldiers have sent many rebels to hell.
Earlier on Wednesday night, Director General of Pakistan’s Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry had said that all the hostages had been rescued and 33 BLA insurgents had been killed. The statement said, “The Pakistan Army, along with the Air Force, Frontier Corps (FC) and Special Service Group (SSG), killed 33 terrorists who attacked the train in Bolan in a rescue operation and all the hostages were rescued safely. However, 21 passengers died in the accident.
The Baloch Liberation Army, which claimed responsibility for the attack, blew up the railway track and fired rockets at the Jaffar Express on Tuesday.
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