Pakistan: 7 injured after blast derails 4 Jaffar Express carriages in Sindh’s Shikarpur


At least seven people were injured on Tuesday after a blast on a railway track derailed four bogies of the Jaf­far Express in Sindh’s Shikarpur district, according to officials.

Shikarpur Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Shahzeb Chachar said that the remaining bogies had proceeded toward Jacobabad. He said that the blast had targeted a single track used by trains going to and from Quetta via Jacobabad. Police in Jacobabad and Shikarpur were trying to trace the culprits responsible for the incident

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Source: Dawn News


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