Several injured in train attack in SW Pakistan

The BLA issues a final warning: If the aerial bombardment is not halted immediately, all 100+ hostages will be executed within the next hour. Majeed Brigade, STOS, Fatah Squad and Zirab Unit fighters are actively engaged in countermeasures and any further military incursion will have catastrophic consequences

the viral BLA warning mail read

Any military incursion will be met with an equally forceful response. So far, six military personnel have been killed, and hundreds of passengers remain under BLA custody. The Baloch Liberation Army takes full responsibility for this operation,

the BLA spokesperson said in the statement shared on social media

Over 100 army personnel remain in BLA custody. The occupying forces still have a chance to cease airstrikes and save their men, or else the Pakistani military will bear full responsibility for the execution of all hostages,

it further stated

Over 450 passengers onboard are being held hostage by gunmen,

Muhammad Kashif, a senior railway government official in Quetta, the capital of the province, told AFP