Bomb blast in train in Pakistan's Balochistan kills 4

November 01, 2015 14:46

At least four persons were killed and six others injured today when a remote-controlled bomb placed close to railway track struck a passenger train in Pakistan's restive Balochistan province.

The remote-controlled blast took place when Jaffar Express was running on the outskirts of Quetta.

Police said the blast occurred when the improvised explosives device was detonated near the railway track in Dasht area when the Quetta-Rawalpindi Jaffar Express was passing through.

"The IED was around eight kilogrammes and caused damage to the train as a result of which four people have been killed while the injured have been rushed to the Civil hospital in Quetta," Home Minister Mir Sarfaraz Bugti told reporters.

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