KARACHI: Baloch Republican Army (BRA), a Baloch insurget organization has claimed responsibility of the blast that overturned Shalimar Express on Tuesday, February 4.
The responsibility claim came today, twenty two hours after the blasts which saw a night train’s 11 bogies overturned leaving five dead and scores of others injured near Karachi’s Landhi railway station.
According to Bomb Disposal Squad , the blast was a remote-controlled one while Inspector General Railway have left for a 3 day investigation visit to Karachi.
BRA said in the confessional statement that these blasts are a reaction of army operation in Balochistan province and will continue until Balochistan’s liberation, according to a local media channel.
It must be noted that the incident occurred after government and Pakistan’s most powerful insurgent group Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan have agreed for talks and the latter have denied any hand in blast.
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