Powerful bomb explosion in Pakistan's Quetta wounds more than 30, AP reports
Police said the blast derailed the train and triggered a fire as rescue teams evacuated passengers and hospitals declared emergencies.
- On Sunday, May 24, 2026, a powerful explosion targeted a passenger train near Chaman Phatak in Quetta, Pakistan, derailing multiple coaches and triggering a fire that police are investigating as a potential suicide attack.
- Balochistan has long been the scene of a low-level insurgency, with separatist groups like the Baloch Liberation Army frequently targeting security forces and government installations to demand independence from Pakistan.
- Police reported at least 16 killed and 30 injured, though casualty figures remain unconfirmed due to conflicting initial reports; Civil Hospital Quetta declared an emergency and summoned medical staff to treat victims.
- Security forces cordoned off the site while fire brigade teams extinguished the blaze; Balochistan Special Assistant for Home Affairs Babar Yousafzai urged the public to avoid the area and said details would emerge soon.
- No group has immediately claimed responsibility for the incident, though recent weeks saw repeated attacks on convoys linked to mining projects Reko Diq and Saindak in the region.
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The explosion derailed several wagons and the locomotive of a train that carried soldiers and their family members. More than 100 people were injured in the attack in Baluchistan Province.
The train carried soldiers and their family members. There were over 100 injured. Three wagons and the locomotive were derailed by the explosion.
At least 16 people martyred, several injured in train blast in Quetta
Over 16 people were martyred, and several others sustained injuries in an explosion on the railway track near the Chaman Phatak area of Quetta on Sunday. According to police sources, the blast occurred near Chaman Phatak when a train carrying passengers was crossing the area. The people on the train were going to their areas to celebrate Eid holidays, sources said. As a result, 16 people were martyred, and several others, including children and …
More than a dozen killed as bomb explodes near train in Pakistan
A powerful bomb has exploded near a railway track as a train carrying passengers passed through the south-western Pakistani city of Quetta, killing more than a dozen people and wounding more than 70 others, officials say.The force of the explosion on Sunday caused two of the train cars to overturn and catch fire, sending thick black smoke into the air, according to footage shared online.The attack happened in an area where security forces are us…
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