{"id":6857,"date":"2026-05-24T14:35:56","date_gmt":"2026-05-24T14:35:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/2026\/05\/24\/blast-hits-train-in-pakistans-balochistan-killing-at-least-24-people\/"},"modified":"2026-05-24T14:35:56","modified_gmt":"2026-05-24T14:35:56","slug":"blast-hits-train-in-pakistans-balochistan-killing-at-least-24-people","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/2026\/05\/24\/blast-hits-train-in-pakistans-balochistan-killing-at-least-24-people\/","title":{"rendered":"Blast hits train in Pakistan\u2019s Balochistan, killing at least 24 people"},"content":{"rendered":"<div aria-live=\"polite\" aria-atomic=\"true\">\n<p>At least 24 people have been killed in a blast targeting a train carrying military personnel in Pakistan\u2019s restive southwestern province of Balochistan, according to a senior official.<\/p>\n<p>Army servicemen were among those killed in the provincial capital, Quetta, on Sunday in the attack, which wounded more than 50 people.<\/p>\n<p>The official said the train was passing the Chaman Pattak signal in Quetta \u201cwhen an explosive-laden car hit one of the carriages that resulted in a big blast\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The force of the explosion caused two carriages of the train to overturn and catch fire, sending thick black smoke billowing into the sky.<\/p>\n<p>The attack took place in an area where security forces are usually stationed, badly damaging several nearby buildings and shattering more than a dozen vehicles parked along the road.<\/p>\n<p>The Balochistan Liberation Army\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2026\/2\/3\/why-peace-remains-elusive-in-pakistans-troubled-balochistan\">separatist group<\/a>\u00a0claimed responsibility for the attack.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At least 24 people have been killed in a blast targeting a train carrying military personnel in Pakistan\u2019s restive southwestern province of Balochistan, according to a senior official. Army servicemen were among those killed in the provincial capital, Quetta, on Sunday in the attack, which wounded more than 50 people. The official said the train &#8230; <a title=\"Blast hits train in Pakistan\u2019s Balochistan, killing at least 24 people\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/2026\/05\/24\/blast-hits-train-in-pakistans-balochistan-killing-at-least-24-people\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Blast hits train in Pakistan\u2019s Balochistan, killing at least 24 people\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6858,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6857","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-travel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6857","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6857"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6857\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6858"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6857"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6857"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6857"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}