Overview
- A powerful blast hit a shuttle train near Chaman Phatak in Quetta on Sunday, derailing multiple carriages, overturning coaches and killing roughly 24 people while dozens were wounded.
- The outlawed Baloch Liberation Army issued a claim saying it targeted security personnel and early on-site forensics and witnesses point to a suicide vehicle‑borne IED as the likely method.
- Hospitals in Quetta were placed on emergency footing and rescue teams, police and paramilitary units sealed the scene as victims were moved to multiple medical facilities.
- Officials said the dead included Frontier Corps personnel and civilians, including family members of security staff, and early casualty counts varied before consolidating at about 24 fatalities.
- The attack continues a string of strikes on the Jaffar Express route and other infrastructure in Balochistan, prompting higher security alerts, ongoing forensic probes and likely travel disruption during the Eid period.