QUETTA: Following the tragic terrorist incident at Quetta Railway Station, it has been decided to suspend the services of the Jaffar Express and Bolan Mail from Quetta for the next four days.
According to railway officials, it has been decided to close the Jaffar Express and Bolan Mail for four days starting November 11.
Railway officials stated that the decision to close the trains was taken in view of the law and order situation in Balochistan.
It should be noted that 27 people, including a woman, were killed, and 40 people were injured in a suicide blast on the platform of the railway station in Quetta yesterday.
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The Jaffar Express was scheduled to depart for Peshawar at 9 a.m.; the train had not yet reached the platform when the blast occurred. The blast took place near the ticket office at the railway station.
Commissioner Quetta Muhammad Hamza Shafqat confirmed that the explosion at the railway station was a suicide blast. The suicide bomber entered the railway station with luggage. It is difficult to stop someone who comes for a suicide attack.
Additionally, a case of suicide bombing at Quetta Railway Station was registered against unknown persons at the CTD police station.