Hand grenades were found in three Jaffar Express coaches, a train that had been targeted in a terrorist attack last week.
According to police, Jaffar Express coaches were brought to Quetta station last night, where four hand grenades were discovered in three of the coaches. A grenade has been defused, while the others are safe.
Rail sources report that the coaches, who were brought late last night, were moved to the railway rental hangar, where they will be repaired.
On the other hand, Jaffar Express, who was to start from Quetta to Peshawar, will not leave tomorrow. Train repairs are always incomplete and cleaning tasks are also waiting. According to the control of the railways, the train will only leave when the repair and cleaning work is completely finished.
The Jaffar Express was attacked while traveling through the Bolan du Baloutchan pass. The train was diverted and the terrorists held several passengers hostage in a tunnel. A rescue operation coordinated by the security forces followed, leading to the release of the hostages.
The Director General of Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), Lieutenant-General Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry, confirmed that no passengers had been injured during the customs clearance operation carried out by the security forces after the terrorists diverted the Jaffar Express in the Bolan district, Balutchistan.
“The 33 terrorists were sent to hell … Four members of the frontier body staff kissed martyrdom during the customs clearance operation,” said Lieutenant-General Chaudhry in an interview with a private news channel. However, he added, before the release operation, 21 passengers were martyred by the terrorists.
“No one can be allowed to make innocent Pakistan the victim of their barbarism in the streets, trains, buses or markets because of their misleading ideology,” said DG Ispr.
“Whoever does it, let me say it very clearly, will be tracked down and translated into justice. Allow me to say that this Jaffer Express incident changes the rules of the game,” he said.
Meanwhile, Balutchistan ordered the closure of three universities in the province due to security problems. Two universities of the provincial capital, Quetta, were closed indefinitely last week, while a third party went to virtual learning on Tuesday, according to a provincial administration official, who asked for anonymity.
