Baloch Separatists Hijack Passenger Train in Pakistan, Threaten Hostages

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27 hostages killed after hijacked Pakistan train rescue ends in bloodbath

Quetta, Pakistan (CNN) — Nearly 350 hostages have been rescued at the end of a deadly standoff between Pakistan’s military and armed militants who hijacked a train in the southwestern

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Separatists who attacked a passenger train in Pakistan's southwestern Balochistan province on Tuesday and kidnapped more than 400 passengers said they had killed 50 people. Authorities said they had rescued 300. The drama lasted more than 30 hours.

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The security forces speak of 155 people rescued, while the Army for the Liberation of Balochistan says it still has more than 200. The separatists have called for an exchange of prisoners within 48 hours. Over the past year, the armed group has imposed blockades on major highways and intensified its actions against infrastructure, while Islamabad is unable to propose a political solution.

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Nearly 200 hostages rescued as Pakistan’s military battles militants who stormed passenger train

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Dozens dead & 300 taken hostage as bomb-vest wearing gunman hijack train

A DEADLY firefight broke out between separatist militants and security forces in Pakistan after 300 people were held hostage on a hijacked train. At least 27 militants have been killed after gunmen wearing bomb vests stormed the train. X300 people were held hostage on a train in Pakistan[/caption] XMilitants blew up the train track and immobilised the engine[/caption] GettyFreed passengers of the hijacked Jaffar Express arrive at Quetta Railway …

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Pakistan train hijacking: 5 things to know

ISLAMABAD -- Pakistani separatists have hijacked a passenger train in the first such attack in a country that has been locked in a cycle of militant v