Five people, including three Pakistan’s Frontier Corps soldiers, were killed and at least 30 injured when an explosion occurred near their convoy in Noshki, Balochistan on Sunday. This incident comes days after BLA insurgents hijacked a train with nearly 440 passengers.

“There were seven buses in the convoy which was heading to Taftan (on the Iranian border). At Noshki, a car laden with explosives hit one of the buses,” said Mohammed Zafar, a police official in Noshki, a town in Balochistan.

Immediately after the attack, the Fateh Squad of the BLA advanced and completely surrounded another bus, systematically eliminating all military personnel on board, bringing the total number of enemy casualties to 90.

Earlier, BLA insurgents hijacked the Jaffar Express, which was carrying about 440 passengers, when it was travelling from Quetta, the provincial capital of Balochistan, to Peshawar, the capital of the north-western Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.

The BLA derailed the train using explosives near Sibi city, about 160 km from Quetta on March 12. After nearly two days of operations, Lieutenant General Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry said 18 off-duty military and paramilitary Frontier Corps personnel, three railway staff and five passengers were killed in the initial attack. Five Frontier Corps personnel were killed in the ensuing battle with the insurgents.

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