Pakistan Says Terrorists Who Attacked Passenger Train Killed 21 Hostages While All Others Freed

In this frame grab from a video, people outside the a train after being attacked by the BLA on its transit from Quetta to the northern city of Peshawar, in Bolan district, Pakistan's southwestern Balochistan Province, on March 12, 2025. BLA via AP

QUETTA, Pakistan—Terrorists who attacked a passenger train carrying 440 passengers in restive southwestern Pakistan killed 21 hostages before security forces killed all 33 of the terrorists, and all other passengers were rescued, officials said Wednesday.

Information Minister Attaullah Tarar said the separatist Baloch Liberation Army group was behind the attack, and the military operation “has successfully reached its logical conclusion.”