Blast Claimed by Separatist Group Derails Train in Southwest Pakistan

Blast Claimed by Separatist Group Derails Train in Southwest Pakistan
Detailed train carriages in Balochistan, Pakistan, on Jan. 20, 2023, in a still from video. Medical Emergency Response Centers 1122 Balochistan Handout via Reuters/Screenshot via The Epoch Times
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QUETTA, Pakistan—At least fifteen people were injured when a bomb blast derailed a passenger train in the southwestern Pakistani province of Balochistan on Friday, a provincial government official said.

The attack—which was claimed by the Baloch Liberation Army, a regional separatist group—derailed eight carriages including the locomotive, Deputy Commissioner Bolan Agha Samiullah told Reuters.