Pakistan attack kills at least 24 as explosive-laden car hits train carriage

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An explosive-laden car targeted a military personnel train in Quetta, Balochistan, Pakistan, killing at least 24 and injuring over 50 people. The Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) claimed responsibility, with the attack condemned as terrorism by Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif.

A blast targeting a train carrying military personnel killed at least 24 people on Sunday in Pakistan’s turbulent southwestern province of Balochistan, a senior official said. Army servicemen were among the victims of the attack in the provincial capital Quetta, which wounded more than 50 people, the official told AFP. The attack, claimed by the Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) militant group, was branded a “cowardly” act of terrorism by Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif. Images showed a...