Pakistan: Explosion derails passenger train in southwest Balochistan

A passenger train was derailed after being hit by an improvised explosive device in Pakistan’s southwest Balochistan province on Sunday, the Pakistan Railways said in a statement.

The train, with 234 passengers and staff aboard, was on its way to Sibi district from Harnai district of the province when one of its bogies was hit by the explosion, the statement said. No loss of life was reported in the incident, but the derailed bogie was damaged and detached from the train, the statement added.