SIBI: Pakistan security sources on Wednesday said the military had freed 190 train passengers taken hostage by gunmen on the second day of a siege in the mountainous southwest. More than 450 passengers were on board when a separatist militant group captured the train in a remote frontier district, with an unknown number of hostages still being held.
"So far, 190 passengers have been rescued and 30 terrorists have been killed. Due to the presence of women and children with suicide bombers, extreme caution is being exercised," security sources said. "The operation continues to eliminate the remaining militants." "Information suggests that some militants have fled, taking an unknown number of hostages into the local mountainous areas," a security official in the area said. At a railway station in Quetta, paramilitary troops brought empty coffins that will be sent to the site of the incident. — AFP
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