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Urgent A massacre of a train .. The killing of dozens with the Pakistani army moved against the kidnappers

The Pakistani security forces clashed in an exchange of shooting that lasted with separatist gunmen after the kidnapping of a passenger train in the troubled Baluchistan region in the country, which resulted in the detention of about 300 hostages on board, and at least 27 militants were killed yet while the Special Forces are trying to liberate the hostages who were captured when the train was exposed on Tuesday while passing through a tunnel in the Polan area The roughness.

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Security officials said they saved more than 150 out of 450 passengers so far, including women and children, but they warned that the remaining hostages are at a serious danger as it was reported that the attackers are wearing explosive belts loaded with explosives.

and declared what is called so -called The Balochistan Liberation Army is responsible for the attack, saying that he is ready to negotiate the exchange of prisoners in exchange for the release of the hostages. The train, which was identified as & quot; Jaafar Express & quot, was on his way from Kuwait to the northern city of Peshawar when he was attacked on Tuesday. & Nbsp; Police and railway officials said on Thursday that the train was trapped inside a tunnel after the attack during which he was shot and the driver was wounded. A spokesman for the Pakistani government, Shahid Rind, said that gunmen detonated the railway line before they opened fire on the security personnel on board.

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& nbsp; He added that a relief train was sent to the scene and that the security forces operate in the area. “People were attacked … and the passengers were wounded and some passengers died & quot;

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A number of witnesses that the channel & quot; Gio News & quot; Security personnel asked them to stay low when they heard gunfire. She faced a woman, who said that her son was among the passengers who were still detained as hosts, the region’s Minister of Mir Zahir Boldi when he visited the editors, if you could not protect the trains, then you should not run them, please, return my son.

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Pakistani railways stopped all its operations from the Punjab and Sindh Region to Balochistan until the security services confirm that the region is safe, according to local media on Wednesday. The area where the train stops a mountainous area of ​​a mountainous nature, which facilitates the militants to hide and plan attacks. Antonio Guterres to the immediate release of the hostages.

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UN spokesman, Stephen Dujarric: & quot; this attack is extremely concerned. All hostages must be released unharmed & quot;. Balochistan, the largest and least population of Pakistan, was a focus of separatist violence. The Baluch separatists accuse the central government of exploitation and discrimination. In Balochistan, trains are usually accompanied by gunmen due to the high risk of attacks. And passengers.

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Petrostan and metal rich Baluchistan is the largest province in Pakistan, but it is also the least population. This city is the center of the Baloch ethnic minority in the country, whose members say they are facing discrimination and exploitation by the central government. It is the largest rebellious ethnic groups that fought the Baluchistan government for decades, accusing them of exploiting its resources rich in gas and minerals unlikely."Full-Width Clearfix"> & nbsp;

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