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Message: <blockquote data-quote="dalvinder45" data-source="post: 226407" data-attributes="member: 26009">At least 16 terrorists were killed and 104 passengers rescued by the security forces after Baloch militants hijacked a passenger train in a tunnel in Pakistan's restive Balochistan province on Tuesday, security officials said.<img src="https://im.rediff.com/news/2025/mar/12attack1.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />IMAGE: A passenger, who was rescued from a train after it was attacked by terrorists, receives medical aid at the Mach railway station in Mach, Balochistan, Pakistan, March 11, 2025. Photograph: ReutersThe Jaffar Express, carrying around 400 passengers in nine bogies, was travelling from Quetta to Peshawar when armed men intercepted it in a tunnel near the mountainous terrain of Gudalar and Piru Kunri on Tuesday afternoon.The Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) later claimed claimed responsibility for the attack.Security sources confirmed that in an ongoing gun battle with the militants they managed to rescue 104 passengers, including women and children.Tariq Mahmood, a senior official of Peshawar Railway Station, said that people should not pay heed to rumors on social media and otherwise.Earlier in November last year, a suicide bomber killed 26 people and injured 62 others at the Quetta railway station after which several services were suspended by the Railways.</blockquote>