Six killed, 20 injured in Pakistan bomb blast

At least six people were killed and 20 others injured when a bomb hit a passenger train in Pakistan’s southwestern Sibi district on Tuesday afternoon, local media reported. Capital TV said that the train “Jafar Express” was parked at a railway station when it came under attack in Sibi area, a district located in the country’s southwest Balochistan province. According to initial investigation by police, the bomb was triggered off by a remote-controlled blast and explosives were fixed inside a compartment of the train that was destroyed in the explosion. The train, which was carrying passengers to southwestern Quetta city from northern Rawalpindi city, caught fire following the explosion. Police said that the blast happened around 10 minutes after the train stopped at the railway station. The injured have been shifted to a civil hospital of Sibi while more wounded are being brought to other hospitals. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack yet. Police cordoned off the area and started a search operation. The blast happened one day after paramilitary troops, Frontier Corps, killed 30 militants including those believed to be involved in carrying out attacks at railway tracks and trains in neighboring Khuzdar area.