BLA Suicide Bombing Kills 19 on Quetta Train, Wounding More Than 70

7 articles · Updated · NBC News · May 24

At least 19 people were killed and more than 70 wounded when a suicide bomber blew up an explosives-laden vehicle beside a railway track as a passenger train passed through Quetta on Sunday.
The blast overturned and set fire to two train cars, damaged nearby buildings and more than a dozen vehicles, and left 20 of the wounded in critical condition, prompting a medical emergency at Quetta hospitals.
The outlawed Baloch Liberation Army claimed responsibility, saying it targeted a train carrying security personnel in the capital of insurgency-hit Balochistan.
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Balochistan Chief Minister Sarfraz Bugti condemned the attack and vowed action, as authorities opened an investigation.
The bombing underscores persistent violence in oil- and mineral-rich Balochistan despite official claims the insurgency has been curbed; a 2024 suicide attack on a train station in the province killed 26 people.

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