3 killed in blast along rail track
- November 1, 2015, 10:14 pm
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QEUTTA Nov 1 (PPI): Three persons were killed and eight others were injured in an explosion along rail track on the outskirts Sunday.
According to details an explosion occurred on the track at 13 Meel area of Dasht on the outskirts fo Metropolis when outgoing Jaffar Express was going to Rawalpindi today. Track and a bogey were damaged. Three persons Muhammad Nawaz, Ghulam Mustafa and Abdul Salam died instantly.
Eight others Muhammad Aii, Inayat Masih, Faiz Naseebullah, Waris Khan, Ghaus Bakhsh, Muhammad Adnan, Khaleelur Rehman and Railway Guard Abdul Sattar were injured.
Railway officials, Levies, FC, Railways Police, Bomb Disposal Squad reached the site and started relief activity. Dead and wounded were shifted to civil hospital, railway hospital and CMH.
Railway officials told that about one and half feet piece of track was blown in the explosion. Track was repaired and normal train service was resumed.
Security was heightened at Quetta, Dera Allah Yar Jacobabad section of railways.
