1 killed in train bombing in Pakistan

At least one person was killed and five others were injured on Tuesday when a a rocket-propelled grenade hit a passenger train in Pakistan’s south-western Balochistan province, officials said.

Unknown militants fired a rocket-propelled grenade at Jaffer Express near Bakhtiarabad area of Sibbi district, when it was on its way to the provincial capital Quetta.

A police official said that one passenger was killed and five other injured in the attack.

“One of the carriages was also slightly damaged,” he said.

Paramilitary forces and police arrived at the place of attack and launched search operation.